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Esther chapter 3 verse 2 but Mordecai did not bow down or pay homage.

What a simple statement of a significant moment

when the king had appointed a man named

Hayman to be leader over all of his officials and the king decreed that all the officials

and all these different people should bow down to Haman.

But Mordecai Estra 3-2 says did not bow down or pay homage to Hayman because

Mordecai only bows down and pays homage to God.

And as I read this, I think about the costly countercultural stand that Mordecai is taking here.

And I think about all the different people

listening to this podcast right now,

different ages, different stages of life,

different circumstances, and the opportunities

we will have today, tomorrow, and the next day

each of us to, in small or big ways,

take countercultural and even costly stands because we are followers of

Jesus. So it may be you're a student, you're a teenager and

you're with some friends and you are tempted to do this or that, to say this or that, again could be small things and you are tempted to do that which those around you are doing instead of that which Jesus called you to do and your risk isolation

may be harmed to your, your risk being uncomfortable, again could be small things.

But to take a stand for Jesus in that

what Jesus would call you to do instead of what the world around you is doing.

I think about others who are in jobs who you face daily pressure to compromise your faith and you will have

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