We are called to stand for God and point others to the Gospel. But sometimes, when we have an opportunity to do just this – to speak truth in our culture – we freeze. We don’t know what to say or perhaps how to say it, so we end up saying nothing. Or we take a careful approach, one where our risk is minimized, but so is the impact of the message we are called on to proclaim. Our bold verbalization of the truth becomes a quiet murmur lost in the static of the world in which we live.

As believers, we must remember that we have taken off our old selves; we have been renewed in our minds and put on the new selves, according to God’s likeness (Ephesians 4:22–23). We need to remember that the stand we take for God is not taken alone – the Holy Spirit is with us and empowers us – and that ours is not the first stand God’s people have taken.

How has God positioned you to take a stand for Him in your community? What will you do this week to take such a stand?