Why would someone be more bold to speak about God as a result of imprisonment? You would think logically that it would be the opposite. You hear someone gets thrown in jail for speaking about their faith, and most people would be tempted to turn and run. But, I believe there is something that is both inspiring and confirming when someone suffers for Jesus like this. It inspires and confirms because you realize that, maybe, just maybe, that God and this Heaven thing is really real. If someone is willing to risk his life for it, than it must be worth living for with all your heart. And if it worth living for because it is worth dying, in that Heaven is our true home and our most beautiful reality, then there is really nothing to fear. It may not be prison for you, but it could be a loss of job that you trust God through. It may be a loss of a loved one or a difficult trial you are going through. Your courage in the face of fear brings encouragement to others.
When there is a song in your mouth in hard circumstances and a hymn of praise to God when there should be fear and curses, it causes other to see and fear the same God. Fear of God leads others to put their trust in God. If God isn’t big enough to handle our circumstances, then God is not big enough to fear. But, if He is, and He is, than fearing God is sharing Christ in the most natural and beautiful way. Fearing God encourages fearlessness which leads to courageous risk taking and bold living.
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