Don’t Be A Quisling

” Who is like you, Lord God Almighty? You, Lord, are mighty, and your faithfulness surrounds you. ”
– Psalm 89:8 (NIV)

‘ Your faithfulness makes you trustworthy to God. ‘
– Edwin Louis Cole

Friday, June 09, 2023

Do you know what a quisling is? (It’s a real word. We didn’t make it up.) 
 

If somebody calls you a “quisling,” you should be offended. It’s the same as calling someone a “Judas”.

You see, Vidkun Quisling was a politician in Norway when Adolph Hitler became the leader of Germany. When the Nazis invaded Norway in 1940, Quisling cooperated with the Germans, and the Germans rewarded him by making him the “prime minister” of Norway in 1942.

He sold out his king and his country to get what he wanted. He also imprisoned and killed people who were still loyal to the king but who had escaped to England after the German invasion.

After Germany lost the war, Quisling was arrested, tried, and executed by a Norwegian court. Ever since that time, quisling has been another word for traitor. 

How would you like for your name to become a way to call someone a traitor? You don’t want to be known as a traitor, do you? You want people to think of you as loyal and trustworthy, right? 

Of course, you do. Most people do. Nobody wants to be known as a quisling, because betraying your spouse, family, friends, community, country, or God is wrong.

But why is it wrong? Why does almost everyone despise what Quisling did? Why is it wrong to exploit others for personal gain? And why is it right to be faithful to your friends, family, country, or God? 

Faithfulness is right because God is faithful. It makes you trustworthy, reliable, and dependable. Faithfulness is right because being faithful is being like God.

The psalmist sang to God, “Young and old will hear of your faithfulness. . . . Your faithfulness is as enduring as the heavens. . . . Faithfulness is your very character” (Psalm 89:1-2, 8).

The reason that unfaithfulness is wrong its quality is not like God’s. 

Furthermore, a lack of faithfulness makes life miserable, difficult, unpredictable, and frustrating. So as you demand faithfulness from others, ask yourself, ‘Am I Faithful’?

So don’t be a quisling in this season of rebirth and renewal. Instead, be faithful to your spouse, family, loved ones, church, friends, employer, country, vision, purpose, and above all God. 

LET US PRAY:

Dear God, your faithfulness is as enduring as the heavens. Strengthen me with power through your Spirit in my inner man to overcome all temptations. I will not trade my future and eternity for temporary gain and pleasure.

Dear Holy Spirit, help and empower me to stay faithful to the truth in the face of compromise.  Above all help me to stay faithful to the vision, mission, and purpose of God’s kingdom. I will live and remain faithful to my spouse, family, loved ones, and all that has been committed to my care. 

In Jesus Name I Pray. 
Amen.