Be Bold

The other day I was listening to a sermon by Dr. Tony Evans.  He was on a roll.  He was putting it out there.  In the middle of his sermon he said this "The word says 'For without God......'" and he awaited a response from the congregation.  There was silence but as I was driving, I meekly replied "I can do nothing??????"  That was my response.  Actually it was voiced like a question. It's like I was asking "Is that right?" I knew that verse and yet I was forming it in a question that indicated I was very unsure. 


Years ago at Vacation Bible School I learned the pledge to the Bible. 
I pledge allegiance to the Bible,
God's Holy Word.
I will make it a lamp unto my feet
and a light unto my path,
I will hide its word in my heart 
that I may not sin against God.


Portions of this come from Psalm 119:11. The specific verse that strikes home is "I will hide its word in my heart."  That is the only place one can not penetrate.  You know what you know and no one can go there.  So how do you put God's word in your heart?  You study, you memorize and you live it.  No xray can see it hidden there.   I was so hesitant in completing the verse because who wants to be wrong?  We can not be afraid to be wrong.  We have to be bold.  If we hesitate and we don't speak the word, there will be those that distort it and put their own spin on it. Paul wrote letters and in not understanding them, the people interpreted them and spread the message in a manner that was destructive [2 Peter 3:16]. 


So when you have your quiet time, when you study the word, when you commit it to memory, hide it in your heart.  The next time someone challenges you with a scripture or question, be bold!




Do not let this Book of the Law depart from your mouth; meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it.  Joshua 1:8 I am the vine, you are the branches.  If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit for apart from me, you can do nothing. John 15:5