2-Minute Devotion for Tuesday, 4/21/26
Have you ever been in a discussion (perhaps in a Sunday School class or Bible Study) and you really wanted to add your two cents, but you didn’t know if you should? I often have something to say, but that doesn’t mean I should!
I have searched the Scriptures concerning how to know when I should speak up and when I should stay silent. My conclusion:
“There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens: … a time to be silent and a time to speak” Ecclesiastes 3:1 and 7b NIV
When the Jews faced national annihilation, the brave Queen Esther recognized her God-appointed purpose and time to speak. Her cousin Mordecai urged,
“For if you remain silent at this time, relief and deliverance for the Jews will arise from another place, but you and your father’s family will perish. And who knows but that you have come to your royal position for such a time as this?” Esther 4:12-14 NIV
Esther obeyed, risking her life to save her people. She knew it was “a time to speak,” and she received God’s abundant blessing.
Proverbs says, “The one who has knowledge uses words with restraint,
and whoever has understanding is even-tempered. Even fools are thought wise if they keep silent,
and discerning if they hold their tongues.” Proverbs 17:27-28 NIV
There are times when we should be silent, and times when we should speak up. We may not know what to do in some situations. There are no easy answers. But God has promised to give us wisdom when we ask Him. So that is what we must do. We rely on God’s wisdom and the Holy Spirit to lead us as we seek guidance from God’s Word.
“If any of you lacks wisdom, you should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to you. But when you ask, you must believe and not doubt, because the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed by the wind.” James 1:5-6 NIV
In His Love, Cindy
To learn more about Jesus, read Who Is Jesus? A message for the Skeptic
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Psalm 122:6 NASB
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