“And he answered unto them, I tell you that, if these should hold their peace, the stones would immediately cry out.”
Luke 19:40
The rocks got a story too! Who knew?
When the Pharisees asked Jesus to rebuke his disciples for rejoicing and praising God at the Mount of Olives, Jesus’ response was one that would remain edged in the minds of generations to come.
He said the stone would cry out and proclaim God even if the disciples were to be quiet!
Could you imagine the voice and language of rocks? The stones that lay on your path when you walk, and the billions that rest in God’s glory along the sea shores. Could you imagine how loud and glorious that sound would be? If God gave rocks the voice to tell their story and give God the glory, would your voice matter anymore?
But God in his infinite grace and mercy gave you the lips to praise and proclaim HIS glory through your story.
Why are your lips still sealed? Why is your heart hesitant to share your story for His glory?
The scripture tells us in Romans 10:14,
How can they call on the one they have not believed in? And how can they believe in the one of whom they have not heard? And how can they hear without someone preaching to them?”
There are ears waiting to be told, eyes waiting to see the glory of God! That glory friend, is living and breathing in you!
But you have not opened your mouth yet. You have not told your story of how God brought you from the brink of hopelessness and put new life inside your body through His son, Jesus Christ.
And the enemy is the one at work. It’s no coincidence that the filthiest secrets of man become the most amazing work of God, because God does not leave us to die in our wretch. God does not leave his children in sin. Christ sought us, found us, and saved us. Glory be to God for the victory!
You know your story. But others need to know too for HIS glory! It is ALL for his glory!
Or are we waiting on the rocks to proclaim Our Father’s name?! (Won’t HE do it?!) From the smallest pebbles buried in the earth, to the largest rock that sits in the middle of the world’s waters, God is able to raise them up to give Him praise if we fail to do so!
My prayer for us today is that our Almighty Father grants us a voice loud enough, and the courage bold enough to proclaim His wondrous works in our lives. May the enemy never again be able to shut us up in Jesus name. Amen.