A Thought for Today

CANNOT BE SILENT 

READ JOB 15:1 THROUGH 17:16; ACTS 4:1–20

Marie wrote a regular column for an inspirational magazine. Recently, she planned an extended vacation. She asked a teacher and fellow writer to fill in for her. 

“Study my column, and let me know if you’ll take the job,” Marie said.

After a few days the teacher replied by e-mail, “Your words and your column are wonderful. However, as a public school teacher, I am expected to keep my personal beliefs personal. I work in a school with many faiths, traditions, and customs represented. If I write for your magazine, it could get me in a bit of hot water at school, so I won’t take the job.”

It’s always been difficult for believers to speak up for their faith. When Peter and John were arrested for teaching about Jesus in the temple courts, the Sanhedrin ordered them to stop. But Peter and John replied, 

“As for us, we cannot help speaking about what we have seen and heard” (Acts 4:20).

Challenge for Today: When you have to choose, what will you do?