Exodus 32:26

Then Moses stood. Failing to stop this vile demonstration, and realizing that something must be done, Moses stationed himself at “the gate of the camp” and summoned those who would do so to join him in quelling the disturbance. In the warfare between good and evil there is no such thing as neutrality. We are either on God’s side or on Satan’s. There is no middle ground (Joshua 24:14, 15; 1 Kings 18:21; Matt. 6:24). The ultimate test of being on the Lord’s side is to remain faithful when those around us are apostatizing. Weak character sides with the multitude (Matt. 7:13, 14). Determined piety reveals itself in being able to resist the contagion of numbers. It takes courage to be singular (see Dan. 3:14-18). Alone among their brethren, the “sons of Levi” rallied to “the Lord’s side.” They had not participated in the idolatrous worship.