Today’s 333 Devotional: “It’s Time to Confess”

Jesus said, “Whoever confesses Me before men, him the Son of Man also will confess before the angels of God.” (Luke 12:8)

Jesus’s declaration of the need to make an open confession is actually a command.

We see this also in Paul’s letter to the church in Rome when he said, “If you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. For with the heart one believes unto righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.” (Romans 10:9-10)

Jesus said that it is out of the abundance of our hearts that we speak (Matthew 12:34). And so, when the heart is filled with Jesus, then it’s only natural that we let everyone know it. But if the heart isn’t filled with Jesus, that’s when we really have nothing to say.

In the above verse Paul finished his thought by saying, “Whoever believes on Him will not be put to shame.” (Romans 10:11)

Now consider the rest of what Jesus said in our signature verse, “But he who denies Me before men will be denied before the angels of God.” (Luke 12:9)

When I think about what Christians in other countries go through for their faith and testimony, including isolation, torture, brutality, prison, and even death, where being secret about their faith would be the wise thing to do; they will have none of it.

And then I look at those of us who live in America, a free country where we have the right of free speech and where there is still freedom of religion, and we say nothing. This is a travesty.

In America there is no place for secret discipleship. To not publicly live for Jesus because someone might make fun of us or think that we are being narrow-minded shows how little we care for God’s glory, and how much we care for our own pleasures and reputations.