John 7:13 However, no one spoke openly of Him for fear of the Jews.

When Jesus was being sought by the authorities many people chose not to talk aloud about Him to ensure their own safety.

There are a few places still today where teaching about or talking about Jesus is against the law with the penalty being death!

But still some chose to continue talking in private and behind closed doors – just as they do today in those places.

God would like us to be honest and open about Him to show others we depend on a Saviour who can do anything!

Genesis 12:12 Therefore it will happen, when the Egyptians see you, that they will say, ‘This is his wife’; and they will kill me, but they will let you live.

When Abraham took his wife Sarah to try and get away from the famine in his own land, he thought he was doing the right thing.

When he got there he did not want the local people to take his wife because she was so beautiful; so he told a bit of a lie!

God does not want us to have to tell lies to get out of trouble but rather to trust in Him and depend on Him so the trouble will be dealt with by Him instead.

Trust is a very big word when you are worried by the people around you!

Proverbs 29:25 The fear of man brings a snare, but whoever trusts in the Lord shall be safe.

Should you be afraid of a person who wants to hurt you with a big knife or something worse? Of course yes!

But human fear is very different to the fear we should have for God. Humans may be able to do all manner of bad things to us, but they can never take away our souls.

God wants to keep you and your soul safe and in peace with Him in heaven; that means we have a choice to make.

We either fear and trust in humans and get as far as the end of our lives, or we fear and trust in God who can keep us for eternity after our physical bodies conk out!