Boy, this week has given me pause for great reflection today and what I am reflecting on is the brokenness of or country. The tragedy we witnessed this week speaks volumes about just how broken we are. We cannot even have open discourse without it coming to violence and here we sit on Sunday with the loss of a great man who leaves a wife and two small children in its wake.
1 God is our refuge and strength,
a very present[b] help in trouble.
2 Therefore we will not fear though the earth give way,
though the mountains be moved into the heart of the sea,
3 though its waters roar and foam,
though the mountains tremble at its swelling. (Psalm 46:1-3 ESV)
I had to fall back on this Psalm to be reminded that even if the mountains be moved and the sea swell, God is our refuge and strength. We cannot let this stop the truth we talk and we cannot be cowed by those who would see a right message stopped.
Being a truth teller will always come with its own danger. People do not want to hear the truth and whether we want to recognize it or not, evil is at work within this world and evil will always build walls against the truth.
We cannot, we will not, be silenced. We must speak God’s scriptural truth in the streets and accept that the world rejected Christ as it rejects us. The world may be broken, but we must not be bowed.
Reflect on: Your role in being a truth teller and accept the cross that brings with joy and love.
