What Should We Say?

Saturday, January 17, 2009

John 12:11,12 brings the following encouragement: "And when they bring you before the synagogues and the rulers and the authorities, do not become anxious about how or what you should speak in your defense, or what you should say; for the Holy Spirit will teach you in that very hour what you ought to say." The more we spend time "bathing" in the Word of God, the more the Holy Spirit can teach us. Today's world is so dangerous and "ripe" for action from our Lord and we need to be ready to speak the Truth of God at the "drop of a hat."

In the passage preceding this one, Jesus has used the analogy of the the five sparrows being sold for two cents, yet the Father's love is greater for us than for those five sparrows. He says that "...everyone who confesses Me before men, the Son of Man shall confess him also before the angels of God; but he who denies Me before men shall be denied before the angels of God" (Jn. 12:8,9).

Thus His advise in verses 11 & 12. And we know that our knowledge of God comes from the Holy Spirit and He teaches us more and more as we engulf ourselves in His Word.
That "prompting" you feel when you know you should say something to the person you are having a conversation with about God; that is the Holy Spirit, giving you knowledge and courage to speak out in His Name for the witness of Christ Jesus. The next time you feel it, just "blurt" it out. You don't become good at sharing your faith by "NOT" sharing your faith.

I remember them saying in Acts 4:20, "for we cannot stop speaking of what we have seen and heard" even facing the threat of losing their lives.

Say something to someone about Christ. It will do your heart good, not to mention being obedient to God Himself.

Dave