No Compromise

1 Thessalonians 5:

21 But prove all things. Hold fast to what is good;

22 Abstain from every kind of evil.

Yesterday I was on a business meeting with the owner of a CD/DVD replication company in Delhi. Along with providing me quotation for a high quality job, as usual, he offered me a range of inferior quality products at a lower and economical price, which from business point of view were very very good options. Nonetheless, deep within me, I was confirmed that I should not go for anything but the best. There can be no compromise in quality. Let the price go up, but let quality be maintained. A real trial on personality.

This incident reminds me of my Christian life wherein there are ample room for compromise in every aspect of life. The devil always comes with a better suggestion to divert us from Christ, from the tree of life, and lead us to the tree of knowledge of good and evil. Often times, a step diversion is as worse as a U-turn on the path of life. The devil knows how to entice Christian with a single step of diversion. If he succeed in this one simple step, its likely he will succeed in the next step too, and next and on and on till one is fully on a U-turn. This often is my experience whenever I heeded to that simple step of diversion from Christ. The simple way to overcome this simple trick is to simply turn to the Lord and let the Lord to come in and live in us. "O Lord Jesus!"

"Nipping at the bud" needs a stand in Christ without giving any room to the devil. Never allowing the devil to do anything in our lives, but always exercising our spirit and living and walking in the mingled spirit. For this the grace of the Lord is needed.

This also reminds me of verses in 1 Thessalonians 5: 21 But prove all things. Hold fast to what is good; 22 Abstain from every kind of evil. Though these verses may seem to be out of context, but the essence of proving things is present, and holding fast to what is good in the eyes of both God and man are honorable. To not compromise is a kind of abstaining from every kind of evil, subjectively speaking.

When I came back home, the Lord kept reminding me "NO COMPROMISE, NO COMPROMISE!" Not only for business affairs, but much more in my Christian living and walk. My innate response was, "Lord, grant me the grace to Not Compromise." For without the Lord as my decision Maker and Counselor, I am prone to compromise. In every matter, great or small, the grace of the Lord is needed, to stand firm in Him, with Him and for Him without any compromise. This is of utmost importance. 

Grace me, Thou gracious Savior; Save me from compromise!