“And now, O Lord, hear their threats, and give us, your
servants, great boldness in preaching your word. Stretch out your hand with
healing power; may miraculous signs and wonders be done through the name of
your holy servant Jesus. After this prayer, the meeting place shook, and they
were all filled with the Holy Spirit. Then they preached the word of God with
boldness.” (Acts 4:29-31 NLT)
BOLDNESS is
actually translated from the Greek word, parrhesia
(Strong’s #3954): Outspokenness, unreserved utterance, freedom of speech, with
frankness, candor, cheerful courage, and the opposite of cowardice, timidity,
or fear. Here it denotes a divine enablement that come to ordinary and
unprofessional people exhibiting spiritual power and authority. It also refers
to a clear presentation of the gospel without ambiguous or unintelligible. Parrhesia is not a human quality but a
result of being filled with the Holy Spirit.
I want that kind of boldness, I want to walk without
hesitation and fearlessly stand before man and share GOD’s love. I want to be a
laborer that harvests a great number of souls for the Lord (1). I
want to be a child after GOD’s own heart.
One day when I stand before our Lord, I want to hear, “Well done, good
and faithful servant.”(2) Until my last breath, I want to fight the good fight,
I want to finish the race, keeping my faith and lay a crown before my King.(3)
Jesus died for me, so I can live for HIM. I want to see
Brothers and Sisters in Christ standing up for their faith, sharing GOD’s love,
true doctrine and not preaching hatred.(4) I want to comfort the broken hearted and
take care of the widows and orphans. (5) I want others to see a light shining in me
and my family, to experience the joy and peace that this world can never
deliver, that only the creator of the Heavens and earth can give. (6) I
want to show people that it’s my relationship with Jesus Christ that has made
me a new creation, not a religion of rules and hollow traditions. (7) There
is a thirst inside every person that can only be filled by GOD, we were made to
seek HIM and only by acknowledging Jesus as Lord can we be saved.(8)
That is my challenge for all today, be bold in our faith. Pray for boldness, strength, and the words to
speak to non-believers. Ask GOD for encouragement in our boldness; ask GOD to
allow you to bless and share HIS love with others. Pray for wisdom that we
would follow the Holy Spirit’s guidance and not our flesh. Pray that people
not only hear us speaking about GOD’s love, but see us sharing GOD’s love, so
that we would be doers of GOD’s Word. Be bold in our faith so that when others see the trials we are going through, they will notice we are standing strong on the Solid Rock and not faltering in the howling winds from the storms of life. Our faith in GOD and HIS Son, Jesus Christ, has set us free from the
bondages of death and sin; so let us live with the boldness that our Savior has
given us by HIS righteousness!