I heard an interesting American statistic recently: only 8% of consistent churchgoers in America (visiting a church once a week) reads their bible… at least once a week…
It gave me pause…
I cannot judge why a person is at church, or the path God walks with them, but I can look at myself and ask: Where am I? What would stop me from consuming God’s Word daily? What am I spending time on?
In Acts 4, John and Peter are still in front of the Religious leaders being threatened to keep quiet about Jesus, and their response?
“But Peter and John replied, “You can judge for yourselves is it better to listen to you or to God? It’s impossible for us to stop speaking about all the things we’ve seen and heard!”
(Acts 4:19–20 TPT)
John and Peter went back to the believers and reported all that happened, and they prayed (and praised!) together… one of their requests is not to be protected from persecution, but to be even more bold!
”Now, Lord, consider their threats and enable your servants to speak your word with great boldness.”
(Acts 4:29 NIV)
God responded and in verse 31 it says they were filled with the Holy Spirit “…and they proclaimed the word of God with unrestrained boldness”!
How different is the picture today?
I ask for boldness to share God’s word because I don’t want to offend, but the first church asked for boldness to continue under threat of violence, imprisonment and death!
The world shouts: “How arrogant are you to claim you have the only way?! To speak down on us and our choices!?”
But how weak are we if we don’t step up in boldness and snatch as many as we can from certain death?
We are not here to fight against people, but to BATTLE for the people!
“Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to mankind by which we must be saved.”
(Acts 4:12 NIV)
We walk in Love.
Be blessed and be bold today!
