Are you a timid person, lacking in courage or self-confidence? That’s the way I went through high school, not because of my academic skills but because I wasn’t one of the popular kids. I was overweight, shy, and misunderstood by many. My parents owned a small business in our little town. Partially due to my lack of confidence in myself, I didn’t interact much and many believed I was a stuck-up rich kid. They couldn’t have been more wrong but I never had the courage to show them the real me, outside of a few close friends. I had not yet met Jesus on a personal level.

I didn’t know that timidity is a tool of the enemy. The Word says: “For God gave us a Spirit who produces not timidity.” (2 Timothy 1:7)  If you allow the enemy to run untethered through your life he will convince you that it is either not necessary for you to speak at all, for you have nothing worthwhile to say and no one would listen or that you can say anything you want, without consequence. But, if you are in Christ you do have something to say. In fact, that is our purpose here: to tell others about the saving grace of our Messiah.

The Spirit that comes from Father is: “power, love, and self-discipline.” Christ lives in you through the Rauch HaKodesh (Holy Spirit). You carry within you the power that raised Christ from death! All humans are infused with a need to receive and give love, not the romantic kind that rises and falls with our emotions but the pure love of God for man and man for God.

Self-discipline: correction or regulation of oneself for the sake of improvement. First, you must admit that you need improvement in your thoughts and actions. When you learn to live in Christ you will find your voice through the power and love he freely gives. Use it to tell someone the Good News. Timidity has no place in the kingdom. Where is Father leading you today? Go boldly in his name.