You must speak my words to them, whether they listen or fail to listen — Ezekiel 2:7–8
It’s not uncommon for God to command his people to speak. Not only is it not uncommon, it’s quite regular. I can’t think of a single case where God calls someone to ultimately keep quiet. God always calls his people to speak. Certainly there are cases like Ezekiel where he has a period of silence, but even this silence is intended to say something—it was just that his statement came through an action.
This is quite contrary what the World is telling the evangelical voice today. More and more, “tolerance” translates into “be quiet!” Funny how contradictory that is, isn’t it? It is no easy task in such an environment to speak—to simply say something.
One of the things about this post-modern context in which we’re living today is the high value that we place on education. As an educator, as well as an executive administrator of a school of higher education, and finally someone who is pursuing a terminal post-graduate degree, I certainly value education. However, valuing formal education can sometimes backfire by making people think that if they are not formally educated they have nothing to say.
This is a lie.
The lie isn’t that uneducated people have nothing to say, the lie is that there are uneducated people out there. The truth is that all people are educated, just in different ways.
EVERYONE HAS SOMETHING TO SAY.
Each person that walks a life of faith with Jesus has something to say. Everyone’s walk, each one’s set of life experiences, are unique and valuable (and therefor have something to say).
Please, brothers and sisters in Christ, say something. God commands it.
Entering into dialogue changes things. It changes everything, as a matter of fact. This is the case because the Living God is Three Persons in constant dialogue.
Be human, say something.
