1 Samuel 22:14 (NKJV)
\u201cSo Ahimelech answered the king and said, \u2018And who among all your servants is as faithful as David, who is the king’s son-in-law, who goes at your bidding, and is honorable in your house?\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Speaking the truth can be very costly, but now, more than ever, we are called to speak the truth. The prophets and priests of the last days will not be known by their garments but by their honesty and boldness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Lies are being peddled everywhere. Lies about God. Lies about men of God. Lies about the Church of God. Lies about almost everything. It is easier to be silent and follow the flow than to speak truthfully to power.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Speak the truth and know that the consequences may be grave. Don\u2019t speak disrespectfully or to disdain anyone. But as much as possible, if opportunity allows, speak the truth. It may not yield the expected results, but you would have freed yourself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The human conscience cries out for truth. When we speak truth, our consciences are released from the burden of silence. Of course, wisdom is important as well, so speaking truth must be done at the right time and right ways. But speak.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
King Saul wrongly accused Ahimelech of conspiring against him in support of David. This was a grave accusation, and Ahimelech knew that even if he had to die for it, he would die speaking the truth. And he actually died for it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But he died well. He died speaking truth. He spoke truth about David by saying, \u201cWho among all your servants is as faithful as David?\u201d He spoke truth about himself, \u201cYour servant knew nothing of all this.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We have discussed this issue before, but we must keep reminding ourselves. Fear to speak truth is one of the greatest weapons Satan uses against God\u2019s people. We know truth, but we choose silence. This doesn\u2019t work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
So, our call today is a return to the apostolic mission of living boldly and defending truth boldly. We don\u2019t promise you that you won\u2019t suffer. It\u2019s a risk. But we promise you that, even in suffering, you will live at peace with yourself and your God.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
1 Samuel 22:14 (NKJV)\u201cSo Ahimelech answered the king and said, \u2018And who among all your servants is as faithful as David, who is the king’s son-in-law, who goes at your bidding, and is honorable in your house?\u2019\u201d Speaking the truth can be very costly, but now, more than ever, we are called to speak the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7372,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"off","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7310","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog","category-reflections-from-1st-samuel"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/1-Samuel-Cover.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7310","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7310"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7310\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7312,"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7310\/revisions\/7312"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7372"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7310"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7310"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7310"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}