When to Speak Up and When to Shut Up

"When we speak out against others we believe are in the wrong, are we being judgmental ?"

This is a good question to ask and a lot harder to know the right answer.

when is it right for us to speak out and when do we need to keep silent?

How do we know we aren't projecting our own unresolved issues onto other people?

Or when someone attacks us personally, when do we need to turn the other cheek, and when do we need to stand up and confront?

Or when we see wrong in society, business, or politics, should we speak out or should we look the other way and say nothing?

The bottom line is motive.

What we need to do if we are going to make a difference in our society is, first of all, to acknowledge our own shortcomings and, with God's help, work at overcoming these. Second, we need to love the things God loves and hate the things he hates and speak out against these. These are the things we need to be angry at too. We simply cannot love righteousness without hating and opposing unrighteousness.

Meekness is not weakness and let us not forget the words of Edmund Burke who said, "All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing."

Dear God ...
please continue ...
to purify my motives ...
and give me ...
the insight ...
to know ...
when to keep silent ...
when to be non-defensive ...
and give me the courage ...
to speak out against evil ...
when I see it ...

Thank you for hearing and answering my prayerz ...