STANDING ON GODLY BIDNESS

STANDING ON GODLY BIDNESS

December 8, 2025

There’s a moment in the book of Daniel that most people read too fast. They see a diet plan; I see a spiritual blueprint for how to stand on godly bidness when the pressure is at its highest.

Daniel was a youth in captivity, surrounded by the strongest empire on earth, under a king who killed people for sport. And somehow — some way — he had the gall to say:

“I’m not eating that.
I’m not compromising.
I’m not defiling myself for nobody.”
(Daniel 1:8)

Most grown men can’t do that today in a regular job, let alone under a violent king.

But here’s the key:

Daniel made a decision in his heart before the pressure ever came.

Conviction is not formed in the moment — it’s revealed in the moment.
What he refused to do in public was already settled inside him in private.

He didn’t care that Babylon had authority.
He didn’t care that the king had power.
He didn’t care that everyone else was going along with it.

Daniel understood something we forget:

**No human authority outranks God’s authority.

No supervisor, no boss, no parent, no partner, no system.**

So when the king’s food violated the law of God, Daniel didn’t fold. He stood respectfully, boldly, and firmly on his principles — even though it could’ve cost him his life.

And God backed him.

Not only did he come out healthier after ten days, but God elevated him above every other wise man in Babylon.

Because that’s how God deals with people who stand on His word:

Conviction → Testing → Vindication → Promotion

And this applies to your life too.

You’re going to face moments where people in power want you to bend:

  • A boss telling you to lie or compromise your ethics

  • Family pressuring you to abandon your values

  • Friends normalizing sin like it’s nothing

  • Culture telling you to obey feelings instead of Scripture

  • Authority figures trying to intimidate you into silence

But when you stand on God’s principles — not your ego, not stubbornness, but God’s word — He will honor your courage.

Standing on godly bidness doesn’t mean you’re rebellious.
It means you have a higher loyalty.

It means:

  • You choose integrity even when it’s inconvenient

  • You stay honest even when everyone else cuts corners

  • You obey God even when it offends people

  • You refuse to compromise even when it costs you

  • You remember who the real King is

The whole world respected Daniel — but God elevated him.

Why?

Because Daniel didn’t crumble under pressure.
He didn’t fold to power.
He didn’t worship authority.
He stood on godly bidness, even in Babylon.

The message is simple:

**Stand on God’s word, and God will stand with you.

Honor Him in private, and He will honor you in public.
Authority can test you, but it cannot override God.**

When you stand for Him, He stands for you.

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