Devotion 1/30, Speak Jesus!
Peter and John replied, “Judge for yourselves whether it is right in God’s sight to obey you rather than God. For we cannot help speaking about what we have seen and heard.”
Acts 4:19-20
The very same should be true for us today. We are to open our mouths and tell people in our lives about Jesus and all that He has accomplished for us. How He shed His blood for the forgiveness of our sins, rose again and is in heaven interceding for us before God each and every day. About the peace, comfort, and joy that we have because of Him, and how they too can experience this. That is why we are here, to tell others of the love God has for them through Jesus Christ. How can we be silent?
We can’t contain what we’ve experienced in Jesus. We can’t help but tell about what we’ve heard. No ruler, no threat, has been able to completely stop the voice of God from being heard through his people’s witness. Sharing our faith happens out of the overflow of our experiences in Christ and our relationship with Christ. When we share our faith in this way, the authenticity of our witness can be rejected or ridiculed, but it can’t be erased. We have experienced God’s work in our lives. How dare we keep silent? We can’t!
This song rocks my world. I have used it before, but it seems so appropriate. When you speak Jesus, satan is helpless, defeated.
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