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To speak or not to speak? That is the question.
We were given a list of words to avoid, a warning of people not to witness to, and several people to cautiously keep disclosed for safety.
And basically, we were told we could be deported or imprisoned if we were caught telling a Malay Muslim about Jesus.
(Malaysian’s are citizens of Malaysia; but Malay people are natives of Malaysia that are predominantly Muslim).
So witness to a Chinese, a Vietnamese, a Burmese, an Indian, but DON’T witness to a Malay.

After hearing all this, the first week on the field in Malaysia I was afraid to take pictures of anything, talk to anyone, or write the wrong thing in a blog. On our first day off, Scott and I ended up at the local Starbucks. We are there sitting down and this man approaches us. He tells us that he is dating Princess Diana, the Queen (of England?) was his mother, and his dad was Elvis. Umm, a tad over the deep end. So Scott decided to start witnessing to this man. In that moment, I knew we were GOING TO JAIL. Okay, okay…I overreacted a little. Not a new thing for me. But as I thought about it more, it hit me how fast fear can strike. Fear to silence us; to keep us from speaking the truth in a dark world.

I learned that day, that:
 1. Every person, Malay or not, crazy or sane, all need to hear of Jesus. The world will not come to know about the love and truth of Christ if Christ followers walk around timid, fearful, and overly cautious.

2. SILENCE BRINGS DEATH. When I am silent with a teammate, that relationship begins to die. When I don’t choose to speak truth into myself, truth dies within me. When I am silent in my relationship with God, that relationship begins to decay. And when I walk around in a lost world silent, the world around me will die. And it’s not us who pay that eternal price, but the lives of LOST people around us.

Im constantly reminding myself that God has given me a voice. He instills me with truth. He calls me to speak. And thats true of us all! 

One of my favorite verses is Isaiah 62:1 which says, “For your sake I will not keep silent…till your righteousness shines like the dawn and your salvation like a blazing torch.” God is speaking up for us in our relationship with Him till His glory just radiates from our lives. Never does that channel between God and you die because His words of LIFE are creating a pathway of life and hope that constantly allure us to His heart!
Let us not be silent for HIM!