Friday, June 1, 2012

Reasons to speak up...

 “And I tell you, everyone who acknowledges me before men, the Son of Man also will acknowledge before the angels of God, but the one who denies me before men will be denied before the angels of God. And everyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven, but the one who blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven. And when they bring you before the synagogues and the rulers and the authorities, do not be anxious about how you should defend yourself or what you should say, for the Holy Spirit will teach you in that very hour what you ought to say.” (Luke 12:8-12 ESV)
In this chapter Jesus shakes us up in a way we need it.  There's no just cruizin' along as His followers. If we expect Him to speak up and claim us as His, should we not be willing to speak up and claim Him as ours?  When the Holy Spirit moves us to speak up, should we reject His prompting.  Then He comes back to what He just said about fear; He knows us so well. We are afraid and anxious that we will get in a bind and not know what to say. Not to fear; the Spirit is here, to lead us in exactly what we need to say for each audience He brings our way.  We just need to be willing vessels and spokespersons for Him.

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