Doing what is right will not make you popular. (Esther 3:2)

Esther 3:2

New Living Translation (NLT)

 

² All the king’s officials would bow down before Haman to show him respect whenever he passed by, for so the king had commanded. But Mordecai refused to bow down or show him respect.



Mordecai's determination came from his faith in God. He did not take a poll first to determine the safest or most popular course of action; he had the courage to stand alone. Doing what is right will not always make you popular. Those who do right will be in the minority, but to obey God is more important than to obey people (see Acts 5:29 below).

Acts 5:29

New Living Translation (NLT)

 

 

²⁹ But Peter and the apostles replied, “We must obey God rather than any human authority.



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