Today’s Scripture: Micah 3-5
They asked each other, “Were not our hearts burning within us while he talked with us on the road and opened the Scriptures to us?” – Luke 24:32
The prophet Micah had a love for God, a burden for the souls of men, and a flaming zeal against sin. And he had the boldness to speak out. Now, where did Micah get that boldness? And where can you and I find the boldness we need to witness to the people with whom we rub shoulders every day? Micah 3:8 gives us the answer: “But as for me, I am filled with power, with the Spirit of the Lord, and with justice and might, to declare to Jacob his transgression, to Israel his sin.”
Christian, there it is. Micah was full of power by the Spirit of the Lord. And if you and I would experience that same power, we must acknowledge our need and pray for boldness to meet the witnessing opportunities we have each day.
In Acts 4:29-31, we find a situation in which the religious leaders and the people opposed the followers of Christ. So the Christians prayed, and “they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and spoke the word of God boldly.”
When the word boldness appears in the Bible, it most often means “unashamed freedom of speech.” Under His control, we are to walk in obedience to the Lord. Throughout the New Testament, we find the followers of Christ speaking out in obedience to God’s command, just as the Old Testament prophets had done centuries before.
If you and I would witness boldly for the Lord, we must be people who are learning the discipline and power of prayer.
Prayer
Lord, help me to be faithful in prayer and to ask for Your filling, so that I may speak freely about You. Amen.
To Ponder
“Be filled with the Spirit” (Ephesians 5:18). The word filled means “controlled.”
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