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A Minority With God
Is A Majority

How important are you? Can you really make a difference in your world? Just how many people does it take to make an impact anyway? We long to feel significant. We want to be important. Do we have to follow the crowd, or can we stand with the minority and still have an impact on our society?

"There shall not any man be able to stand before thee all the days of thy life: as I was with Moses, so I will be with thee: I will not fail thee, nor forsake thee. Be strong and of a good courage: for unto this people shalt thou divide for an inheritance the land, which I sware unto their fathers to give them." [Jos. 1:5-6, KJV]

Joshua led a band of ex-slaves against some of the most advanced and experienced armies of his day. Not only did many of the armies have iron chariots against his infantry and heavily fortified cities to fall back into, but they were literally energized by demonic forces. There was no way the Israelite army should have been able to take Jericho, let alone any other cities. It was a Mission Impossible that would have made even Ethen Hunt walk away. God encouraged Joshua several times to be strong and courageous. He needed it, looking at the overwhelming odds against him. Yet Joshua had confidence in God's promise that the land was theirs. He knew that his God was stronger than every opposing force.

A Minority With God Is Impossible - God Always Has The Majority Vote

Perhaps you have heard the old saying, "One person with God is a majority." There is a lot of overlooked truth in that simple statement. Anyone standing with God is on the majority side because God always wins. It is the advantage of being God. Often, we have bought into the deception that we need a lot of people, a lot of support, a majority opinion, or whatever, to do something great and have an impact. Nonsense! God often delights in taking an unimportant person [in the eyes of the world] or the minority and winning major victories. That way, human beings cannot steal the glory that belongs to God alone.

Moses and Aaron stood up to the greatest empire in the world at that time [and they often didn't have the support of their own people]. God deliberately reduced Gideon's army to 300 men even though they would battle over 100,000 experienced soldiers. Adino the Eznite when 800 to 1 - and he was the one standing at the end of the day. How would you feel going against those odds?

Go ahead, search your Bible. Look for how often God used a single person or a minority group to shake the earth. Don't forget to include the many times the line of Christ went through the second-born son instead of the firstborn. The firstborn should have been the inheritor, but God makes His own choices. A minority with God can do anything. Nothing is impossible for God.

So what is it that God wants you to do? The will of God isn't that difficult.

Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with all your might; for there is no activity, planning, knowledge, or wisdom in Sheol where you are going. Ecc. 9:10, NASB

The will of God is doing everything He puts in front of us with our whole heart, knowing that in it, we are serving Christ. We only have one life to live; then, we will stand before God and explain how we spent. We must always have our eyes set on expanding the Kingdom of God. How we do that may differ for each of us, but it will include never compromising the Truth and Standards of God's Word in our lives and doing what we can to teach and uphold those standards in our sphere of influence. While we don't judge non-Christians for not living up to Christians' Standards, we work toward a just society that promotes righteousness. We compassionately share the gospel with people, knowing that Jesus Christ is their only hope. A genuinely Godly society will benefit the greatest number of people, both Christians and non-Christians. But right now, horrendous evil has raised its head, promoting the murder of babies and the hopeless or helpless, as well as the mutilation of confused children and adults. Like Joshua, we may have to stand against this onslaught, but a minority with God will always win in the end.

For those of you who like the bottom line, here it is:

"He has told you, mortal one, what is good;
And what does the Lord require of you
But to do justice, to love kindness,
And to walk humbly with your God?" [Micah 6:8, NASB]

If we follow this in our lives and our sphere of influence, we will significantly impact the Kingdom of God, even if we don't see it with our own eyes. The person who plants the seed doesn't always see the harvest, but it will come. God will not allow us to fail if we do His will in His way in His timing.

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