We had the Palm Sunday Gospel lesson today of Jesus' triumphal entry into Jerusalem and also the lesson of Jesus' trial before Pilate. I couldn't help but wonder what would have happened if all those people who proclaimed Jesus as King on Palm Sunday had spoken up and done the same at Jesus' trial on Good Friday. Or what if Pilate had just kept with his first impressions, and refused to crucify Christ.
I think God is often looking for his people to speak out, but all to often we remain silent. What if Christians everywhere spoke out about world hunger, about the AIDS crisis in Africa, about fair trade policies and about many other issues. What if we all wrote our congressmen. Couldn't we make a difference.
I look at our own civil rights movement and at that of South Africa and am amazed what happened all because people spoke out. It wasn't easy, but it worked. I'm making a resolution to speak up more, even if it's not popular. Maybe God is waiting for you to speak up too.
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