Members of God’s household are to hold firm and be courageous. The virtue of courage has an ancient history. Aristotle called courage the “golden mean” between foolhardiness and cowardice.
Sometimes Christians think true faith requires people to be foolhardy: to withhold normal medical treatment in favor of prayer alone, or to try physically impossible tasks in the face of contrary advice.
Sometimes Christians are cowards. When a secular society regards evangelism as “religious harassment,” we keep quiet about God’s Good News.
Being courageous means that we continually seek God in prayer, Bible study, and worship, despite appealing distractions; that we live for God each day, despite attractive alternatives; that we trust God in all things, despite prevailing modern doubts about God’s existence and character.
