How often do you do what you know you need to do, even when you are facing opposition? Are you willing to face ridicule or ostracization for doing what is right? Would you be willing to face the possibility of death for your faith? Do you willingly tell others about your faith?
Doing what is right can be difficult. We may face ridicule or ostracization for it. When speaking up for someone others dislike because it is the right thing to do, can get us pushed aside. Telling others about our faith can do the same thing. Our friends may not want to be around us.
Jesus had to face a challenge so that He could do the right thing, which was to obey God’s will. He must head back to Judea, where they had on multiple occasions sought to kill Him. His disciples know it. They warn Him against it. Yet, Jesus knows He must go. In the case of today’s passage, He was heading to some friend’s house. He was going to raise Lazarus from the dead. He was going to show the glory of God.
We may not face death to speak about our faith. But there are times when speaking about our faith or doing the right thing can put us in a tough spot. Our conscience tells us to do the right thing. Our logical thinking tells us to wait a minute, think about it, it might be a good choice for us personally. We waiver. We’re caught in the middle. It requires us to listen for God’s guidance and trust in him, just as Jesus did.
I pray we all do the right thing. I pray we seek out and listen to God’s guidance. I pray each one of us will choose to trust God and speak about our faith, even when it isn’t comfortable to do so. Do the right thing. Trust God. Seek his guidance. Speak out about your faith.
John 11:7-8 Then after this he said to the disciples, “Let us go to Judea again.” The disciples said to him, “Rabbi, the Jews were just now trying to stone you, and are you going there again?”
Marty Pressey 