Proclaim Him Boldly

February 21

Courage is reckoned the greatest of all virtues; because, unless a man has that virtue, he has no security for preserving any other. Samuel Johnson

Courage is something you need. Because there are godless men who trample truth under their feet and disdain those who are vessels into whom the Lord has poured Himself, the believer must ever be vigilant. The person of faith must be possessed of holy boldness that transcends his own strength and courage and taps into the power of the Almighty who has promised to give believers the insight of the Holy Spirit.

He will teach you what you should say. He will guard your lips and teach you when to speak and when to be silent as the Lord tells us in Luke 12:12 and in John 14:26. God has said that we could stand before kings and princes, Proverbs 22:29, and if we do, we may speak boldly before them because the truth we contain must be heard by all men.

Whether we stand before congregations that hunger for the truth we hold within us, or whether we stand before skeptics, or whether we stand before enemies of the Gospel who would torture and kill us because of Whose we are, we must speak as the Holy spirit gives us utterance (see Acts 2:4).

Because you are a person of faith, you know that Jesus is your Source, wherever you go, whatever you do. Whether you speak or remain silent at any of life’s crossroads should be determined by the Holy Spirit within you, not by your own determination.

Pray fervently that you will be endued with the courage to proclaim Christ boldly in power, hope, faith, confident expectation and love--virtues you cannot appropriate on your own but for which you must rely upon Jesus, trusting Ephesians 3:20, that as you courageously proclaim Him, “He will do exceeding, abundantly above all you can ask or think, according to His power at work within you.”