November 21, 2011 – Daniel 13 – 13:33

The story starts off with these two at least understanding that their thoughts are wrong. That is the case most the time. We understand that something is wrong and we resist it for a time, it becomes the giving in where the sin occurs. I wonder if Christ meant something like that when He told them if you lust after someone in your heart, you have already committed adultery. The thoughts that invade us are not sin, in and of themselves. It is the dwelling on them (where these two started to faulted) and in the acting on them.

If in those moments where the chose is something difficult or something hard could we have Susanna’s courage to always choose to act on God’s behalf and let the chips fall where they may. To trust in the Lord.