Look On Their Threats

Today's reading: 2 Chronicles 6-7; Acts 4:23-37


Acts 4:29 Now, Lord, look on their threats, and grant to Your servants that with all boldness they may speak Your word,

After the religious leaders had threatened the apostles they immediately returned and reported what had happened to the other believers. Even though they had answered boldly when they were questioned there was clearly still some anxiousness about their threats. The church had some options they could have gone into hiding, they could have ignored the threats, they could have even prayed for God to destroy them, but instead they prayed and asked God to consider the threats and give them more boldness to speak the word of God.

When we feel threatened by people it's easy for us to lash out or try to hide, but our best option is to always leave it in the Lord's hands in prayer and instead of praying for God to destroy or otherwise remove them we should always pray that God would give us boldness and opportunities to share His word.