July 19, 2026
Compromise: Tools To Stand Strong
- 1 Kings 13:1-34
- Josh Akin
Tiger Woods won eighty-two PGA Tour events and fifteen major championships. In 2000 he won the U.S. Open by fifteen strokes — the largest margin in history. He spent thirteen years ranked number one in the world. No one could touch him on the course. But he fell from his throne when he was derailed at home.
Michael Jackson’s Thriller sold seventy million copies — the best-selling album in history. He won eight Grammys in one night. He was called the King of Pop. But behind closed doors, in his own home, he was surrounded by people who never told him no. One night, in a room of the highest paid, professional medical personnel paid to provide the world’s best care, till the day he never woke up.
Your are most vulnerable to compromise not against enemies but with friends. Today’s passage teaches us of a great man of God who boldly stands before and denounces a great king, without flinching. But how will he handle a friend? We will learn how compromise happens, how we can learn to stand strong.