04/19/2020 - For Such A Time As This! - Daniel 1:1-16

Most change brings pressure. Christians know what God does with pressure. He turns ordinary stones into gems. This is the history of God's people. There was pressure on Abraham as he left his homeland. There was pressure on the nation of Israel under Egyptian rule. Daniel felt the pain of leaving his home overnight and being squeezed into Babylonian culture. Esther's pressure revealed that she was created, "for such a time as this." Christian, you need to be reminded of this right now.   There's a word frequently used to describe current worldwide events: unprecedented. I would like to reframe this word. These are unprecedented times for the gospel. Christianity was built for this moment because we have what the world is longing for. For the next four weeks, we'll be looking at the lives of several faithful saints who have gone before us. We'll walk in the shoes of these men and women and discover what it takes to be a life-giving force in a pressure-filled world that his hurting.   For such a time as this!