do not worry about how or what you are to say;
for it will be given you in that hour what you are to say.
For it is not you who speak,
but it is the Spirit of your Father who speaks in you.”
Matthew 10:19-20
Our
Heavenly Father will not forsake us in time of trouble. He will be with
us to the end and He will give us the words to speak to be a testimony of Him
to the world. My worse nightmare is of the endtimes and of having to
choose between life without God and death. But I need not be
afraid! God promises that He will be right there with me at any such
time. I see this through the testimony of those who have been martyred in
times past. God’s grace and presence was evident in their words, their
actions, their grace and mercy, and they went right into the Father’s arms and
into paradise.
God
will give us strength and the words to speak. I think of the testimony of
some Christian missionaries who were in China during the Boxer Revolution.
Christians and foreigners were being sought out and killed. A whole
family along with other workers at one compound were lined up in front of a
firing squad. The parents told their small children to shut their eyes
and sing “Jesus Loves Me” and that the next thing they would know was that they
would be in Jesus’ arms. They all died with praise and testimony of
Jesus’ love on their lips.
There
are stories of martyrs of the early church who were burned at the stake singing
and praising God. If God did that for them, He will do the same for
us. He will not forsake us in time of trouble, and He will be there to
take us into His arms! Be bold. Speak truth. Walk a life of
testimony through the Holy Spirit. God will lead and guide. Trust
Him.
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