Now, Lord, behold their threatenings: and grant to your servants, that with all boldness they may speak your Word, by stretching forth your hand to heal, and that signs and wonders may be done by the same of the Holy Child Jesus.  And when they had prayed, the place was shaken, where they were assembled together; and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and they spoke the Word of God with boldness.  Acts 4:29-31

God will bless our prayerful instincts.  He will bless any Spirit-led proclamations.

So let’s allow Him to heal our timidity.  We have a habit of walking into situations to watch, and to listen, only to go away and express our thoughts in private.  In these critical hours, this habit needs to be broken under the power of the Spirit, as uncomfortable as this change is.

God intends to bring shalom (wholeness) into our remaining places of fear so that our mouths will get engaged in public arenas.  The enemy is bold ~ and God’s children need to be bolder still. He asks us to consider how outspoken His apostles were.  They weren’t so afraid of being wrong, or offensive, that their tongue was withheld.  The salt had the chance to savor.  The church was born in violent times.

In these uncertain times, God has invited us to live in His circle of light.  We are the light of the city on a hill.  It is time to look up, then out, and allow that light to shine into every valley on all sides.  This is the hour for boldness.  Anemic words won’t break the back of the deception of the age but divine proclamations, even when whispered, will break up fallow ground, and then go on to accomplish God’s purposes.

Lord, start with me.  I bring my fear to your embrace of perfect love.  Amen