Taking a Stand
This past Sunday, Pastor Philip used a saying in his sermon that really caught my attention. In his sermon, Pastor Philip used the phrase “nail your colors to the mast.” More information about this saying and what it means can be taken from this web site.
Basically, the phrase means to openly display one’s beliefs, standards, or opinions. That got me thinking—how many of us have nailed our colours to the mast? How many of us have determined that no matter what situation we are in, we will hold to the same standards and beliefs?
In today’s society of “political correctness,” it is common for people to want to adjust their position or belief on something depending upon others around them so as not to offend someone. Certainly, God doesn’t want us to go around offending people, but God does want us to take a stand for Him, and we can only take a stand for Him when we nail our colours to the mast.
We can’t be Christians when we are at church and not Christians when we are at school or at work. We can’t only display Christ-like attitudes when at a church function, but then think like the rest of the world when we’re not at church. That’s being hypocritical. Instead, we need to nail down who and what we are and not be afraid or worried to display who or what we are. We need to take a stand for God, and “nail our colours to the mast.”
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