Bold as a Lion
Today I heard one of the best messages on Roman 3:21-26. Our pastor started in Proverbs 28:1 The wicked flee when no one is pursuing, but the righteous are bold as a Lion.
The righteous are us who are believers. Yet often I have not felt bold, and I am 100 percent extrovert too. I realized after I had been saved that I could not depend on my extrovert personality when it came to speaking up for Jesus. Before my salvation the devil was not my enemy, at least I did not know any different. The enemy of my soul, first of all used fear of making a mistake to keep me from witnessing. I begin to pray for discernment and wisdom so I would know when to witness. This is the Holy Spirit role in our new life with Christ.
I am still amazed how easy it is to talk to a stranger or someone you know about anything and everything ,but as soon as the name of Jesus comes out my mouth, the enemy is right there, but so is the Spirit of God. In fact I think the Spirit speaks first and prompts us to speak about Jesus and then fear of offending, or not getting it right hits. Thats the devil, he and he alone speaks fear into our soul. The Holy Spirit never ever speaks fear to a heart bought by the blood of Jesus. He will speak caution, discernment, wisdom and truth, bring scriptures to remembrance.
So how do we get to be bold for Jesus? The very same way we got saved, trusting in Jesus for salvation and the boldness to witness with the same trust. The church I got saved had a Thursday night soul winning night. Two people would go out and visit home, one did the speaking and the other prayed. I had great teachers and I ask them; do you ever get over being nervous? Not really, they said, but the more you do it the fear will leave. Fear is not of the Lord, nervous is just a human emotion that can be used to better equip ourselves for what-ever task He has called us to do.
You might say, like I did for a while, I don't feel the boldness of a Lion. Forget your feelings, turn your heart toward Jesus the one who died for you, not the liar who brings fear and worry. Jesus did it all, life is in Christ. Cast your feelings of fear and thinking you do not know enough to talk to anyone about Jesus. aside and step out for Him.
A couple of lines from this morning sermon which moved my heart.
Make Jesus BIG.
Make me small.
Jesus is our boldness-whatever we lack, He is.
Hello, dear friend I don't understand why I can't get your posts via email anymore. I miss you. I've stopped getting several bloggers' posts, and if I don't get them in my inbox, I don't think to check to see if any new posts are available. It was so wonderful to come by here tonight and visit with you. I hope your health is good and you are doing well. God bless you always.🙏❤😊
ReplyDeleteHello Cheryl, I have not gotten a post from you for a long time. I am doing really well, getting ready to go outside and plant some flower seeds. God has been so good to us. We took April and traveled to Texas to visit our son and family, then to Kentucky to visit our supporters and then to Illinois to visit family and supporters. Due to my health for almost four years. We finished our trip off at Mayo Clinic where we both had appointments and both got a good review. I hope all is well with you and I will try on purpose to stay in contact more. I have lost a lot of people who followed me on facebook and have not been able to contact them.. I think social media is having a crisis and I sure am not the one to figure it all out. I was so good to hear from. Blessings.
DeleteThanks for sharing these truths with us here today, Betty. Yes, when we are believers, we can know that any fear we feel in sharing the Gospel with others is NOT from our loving God, but from His arch enemy who will do anything to prevent us from bringing others into God's kingdom. I pray for the strength and courage to be bold as a lion.
ReplyDeleteBlessings!
Good witness and true words. Thank you for visiting my blog. Next week a very special image.
ReplyDeleteHugs and Blessing