I Had No Option!

Sometimes, the hardest thing to do is the right thing. Especially when everything around you is normalised. When wrong can’t be differentiated from right.

You don’t want to stand out. You don’t want to lose what little you have left. So, you choose what’s convenient. You tell yourself, “I had no option.” But deep inside, you know you did. 

You just chose the easy way out. Unlike many other people, Daniel’s story in the Bible is so powerful in this regard. He had everything to lose, and still chose God. His decision was not made in the thick of political manipulation, jealousy, and threats of a gruesome death.

Daniel wasn’t trying to be popular. He was committed. It was a quiet, deliberate, and costly conviction. He knew the decree had been signed. He knew the punishment. But he also knew his relationship with God was not for sale. 

He chose prayer over survival. And that’s something our generation needs to chew on. We live in a time when we’re constantly pressured to bend, to blend, to please. But fulfillment happens when we dare to choose what’s right even if it means walking alone.

There is always a choice. That’s the truth many people don’t like to hear. Saying “I had no option” is often a subtle way of escaping accountability. But the truth is, we are not robots. 

You have a will, even though it may feel weak sometimes, but it’s still yours. And that can be trained and strengthened. Your will can say no to compromise. It can say yes to conviction. And yes, the cost might be high. 

Daniel was thrown into a den of lions, not for doing wrong, but for choosing right. His story reminds us that moral courage will always come with risk. But the beauty? God meets you in the den.

Conviction isn’t about being rigid or arrogant. It’s about being rooted. And you don’t need to quote scriptures to show it. It shows in your choices. In the deal, you walk away from. At the party you don’t attend. In the bribe you refuse to pay. In the silence, you break to defend someone being mistreated. 

Every time you choose character over comfort, you’re proving that your will belongs to you, and not to fear or the crowd.

It takes serious strength to swim against the tide. That strength doesn’t fall on you magically. You build it by practising truth in the little things. Choosing not to lie on a CV. Choosing to return that extra change. 

Choosing to pray when anxiety says scroll. Choosing to walk away from someone who offers everything but respect. These are the daily choices that shape who you’re becoming.

So we always have an option. It just may not be comfortable, but it’s yours, and in owning that choice, you reclaim your power.

Daniel didn’t survive the lions’ den because he had political backing. He survived because God honoured his stand. That’s what moral courage does, it draws divine attention. It proves you are not just living to exist, you’re living to stand.

You may never face lions like Daniel, but life will test you in other ways. When it does, remember there’s always an option. And when you choose the one that aligns with your values, even if it costs you comfort, you’ve already won something bigger— yourself.

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