Choosing Boldness Over Silence

Acts 4:29

 Now, Lord, consider their threats and enable your servants to speak your word with great boldness. (NIV)

           Boldness

My college chorus director said, “Sing loud enough so if you make a mistake, you can hear it’s a mistake and you can correct it.”  So many of us are afraid to witness or share what we hear the Lord say to us because we are afraid, we might be wrong.  We are afraid to hurt the witness or misquote.  God is bigger than any of our mistakes.  He has promised His word would not come back void.  We are to share God, His love, His word with boldness.  It is better to make a mistake by action than the mistake of inaction.  Let us speak with the boldness of God’s Holy Spirit and have the faith to know God is bigger than any mistake we might and will make.   When we find we are wrong, confess it, learn from it and try again.  If our motives are correct, God will see to it that what we speak will be heard through the filtering of His Holy Spirit.

 By Ginger Chapman

Boldness is not about being perfect, it is about being willing. I often hesitate because I am afraid of saying the wrong thing or not saying it well enough. But God is bigger than my words, and He can work through imperfect obedience.

What matters is choosing action over silence. When I speak with a sincere heart, I can trust the Holy Spirit to guide what is heard and to correct what needs correcting. Even mistakes can become part of the learning.

This invites me to let go of fear and speak up anyway, trusting that God will use my willingness more than my accuracy.