Psalm 40

I desire to do your will, my God; your law is within my heart.
I proclaim your saving acts in the great assembly;
I do not seal my lips, Lord, as You know.
I do not hide your righteousness in my heart;
I speak of your faithfulness and your saving help.
I do not conceal your love and your faithfulness from the great assembly.
Psalm 40:9-10

[I recommend reading the first ten verses, but it was a lot to type out and copy/ paste doesn't work on this machine...]
I call myself a Christian. Sometimes I think I do a good job at being one, other times God reminds me that HE alone is good. This chapter led to one of those times. If I call myself a Christian, then why do I so, so often remain silent? What could be more important than my God? My flesh allows fear to take over and say that my acceptance and comfort are more important. My flesh tells me a lot of lies. But the truth is so far from that. my desire is that I will be able to say these things: "I do not seal my lips", " I speak of your faithfulness and your saving help." If Christ has truly changed my heart, His love, His truth should just be flowing from me. I should be so excited to talk about what he has done and is doing. So, I am praying for boldness. Boldness to push the flesh away and speak truth. truth. to not speak God's truth to people is to not love them. There are a lot of people that I am choosing to not love because it might make me a little uncomfortable. This needs to change.