"The greatest want of the world is the want of men -- men who will not be bought or sold, men who in their inmost souls are true and honest, men who do not fear to call sin by its' right name, men whose conscience is true to duty as the needle to the pole, men who will stand for the right though the heavens fall"(Education, page 57).
Throughout all ages God has called steadfast men to rise above the common expectations of this sinful world. Since the days of Noah he has asked men and women to step outside of the social norms, to engage an enemy that they can not see, an enemy so great and powerful, so evil and cunning that only through complete and total reliance on our Lord can they overcome. Men and women like Joshua, Ehud, David, Esther, and Daniel rose during times of corruption and backsliding. Thousands of years later God continued to work through the reformers like Wycliffe and Luther to overcome the powers of evil and bring Europe out of the dark ages.
God continues to call today. He is looking for men to to rise above wickedness in these troubled times; to take the road less traveled. We are living in a time of great spiritual death. Satan has allured men to turn aside from the straight and narrow and compromise the values they once held dear. Now is the time to prepare ourselves for the coming storm. We must be willing to step outside our comfort zone, to leave behind fear of all that is not holy, to stand though the heavens fall.
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