La Vérité: So, if you think you are standing firm, be careful that you don't fall! 1 Cor 10:12

We are now in what we call the end times. As young people in this time how do we stand fast in the faith, given all the pressures of what the society and our peers say is the norm. Do we stand as rebels against the flow or follow as the world goes? The Bible says in Romans 12:2

New International Version (©1984)
Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God's will is--his good, pleasing and perfect will.

New Living Translation (©2007)
Don't copy the behavior and customs of this world, but let God transform you into a new person by changing the way you think. Then you will learn to know God's will for you, which is good and pleasing and perfect.

Even the world says "Stand for something or fall for anything", so either we stand for GOD or we fall for anything that comes our way. One thing to know as a christian is that GOD never promised us a smooth sail but rather HE said in Psalms 34:19

New Living Translation (©2007)
The righteous person faces many troubles, but the LORD comes to the rescue each time.

English Standard Version (©2001)
Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but the LORD delivers him out of them all.
The world will always come after us no matter what, because as heaven celebrates the conversion of one single soul, hell also rages at the loss of one soul. Seeing as the devil is the prince of this world, they definitely will be against us both physically and psychologically. So I ask, how can we stand firm in these days of great adversity? The Bible says in Hebrews 10:25

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
not forsaking our own assembling together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another; and all the more as you see the day drawing near.
Daily fellowship with fellow brethren because iron sharpens iron, and a daily study of the word to renew our mind and clear out all the garbage we are feed daily by the media and society. Believe me the Bible said daily because the devil and the world always bombard us daily. We are also encouraged to pray without stopping in 1Thessalonians 5:17

New International Version (©1984)
pray continually;

New Living Translation (©2007)
Never stop praying.

English Standard Version (©2001)
pray without ceasing.

We also overcome and can stand by our testimonies in Revelations 12:11

English Standard Version (©2001)
And they have conquered him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony,

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
"And they overcame him because of the blood of the Lamb and because of the word of their testimony,

And also more importantly we must put on the whole armor of GOD as instructed in Ephesians 6:10-17, then verse 18 goes on to tell us what to do when we are at our wits end

New International Version (©1984)
In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groans that words cannot express. Romans 8:26

So brethren though the days may be evil we must stand firm, because HE said that
"To him who overcomes, I will give the right to eat from the tree of life, which is in the paradise of God...I will not be hurt at all by the second death...I will give some of the hidden manna. I will also give him a white stone with a new name written on it, known only to him who receives it."
"To him who overcomes and does my will to the end, I will give authority over the nations. He will rule them with an iron scepter; he will dash them to pieces like pottery'--just as I have received authority from my Father. He will have the same authority I received from my Father, and I will also give him the morning star...he will be clothed in white, I will never erase his names from the Book of Life, but I will announce before my Father and his angels that they are mine...I will make a pillar in the temple of my God. Never again will he leave it. I will write on him the name of my God and the name of the city of my God, the new Jerusalem, which is coming down out of heaven from my God; and I will also write on him my new name...I will give the right to sit with me on my throne, just as I overcame and sat down with my Father on his throne."

So for this glory set ahead of us let us strive to overcome and run this race victoriously like Paul who said "I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, and I have remained faithful." 2 Timothy 4:7.

Till next time my fellow youths in Christ Shalom, Maranatha.

InlovewitChrist.