Boldness

"And when they had prayed, the place where they had gathered was shaken, and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak the word of God with boldness"
     -Acts 4:31

     When Christians are bold, great things can happen for the kingdom of God. But more often than not, modern Christians choose NOT to be bold, and stay within their comfort zones. I think that this is a huge part of why the church is so idle these days. If we decided to be bold and act on what God calls us to do, amazing things would happen.

     The Bible has lots of examples of what can happen when people decide to be bold for God. One of my favorites is Simon-Peter. He, like many modern Christians, loved Jesus and claimed that he would not fall away, even if everybody else did (Matthew 26:31-33), but when hard times came, he ran away and tried to blend with the crowd (Luke 22:54-55). But after Jesus was raised from the dead, something happened to Peter, HE BECAME BOLD! He began to do amazing things, such as bringing 3,000 people to Christ with ONE sermon (Acts 2:14-41) and giving a lame man the ability to walk (Acts 3:1-10). This time around when the hard times came, our friend Peter stuck with Jesus. He preached the message of Jesus even though he knew he would suffer for it (Acts 5:21-41)!

     God can use you to do amazing things, just like He did with Peter, if you will be bold enough to act on what He is telling yo to do. Will you be bold?