Would you still do what is right if it cost you something important?
A friendship?
Your reputation?
Your job?
Your platform?
Your comfort?
Most of us like to think we would stand firm if our faith were tested. But what if the pressure didn’t come from persecution in some distant country? What if it came from coworkers, family members, social media, friends, or people who simply don’t want to hear the truth?
In today’s readings, we’ll meet two men who faced that very challenge.
One paid with his life because he refused to compromise.
The other was imprisoned because he refused to tell a king what he wanted to hear.
Their stories raise a question every believer eventually faces:
Are we willing to pay the cost of doing what is right?
And perhaps just as importantly, are we willing to be the kind of friend who loves others enough to tell them the truth, even when it’s uncomfortable?
