All my heroes went to prison:
John the Baptist. Peter. Paul. Silas.James.
Not canceled, not shadow banned, not dragged in the comments.
Imprisoned.
Paul wrote Scripture while chained to a wall. We hesitate to speak because someone might unfollow.
He preached Christ knowing it would cost him years of freedom. We worry about reputation. He lost his rights.
We worry about platform. He wrote from a cell.
Ephesians.
Philippians.
Colossians.
Philemon.
Letters we sip coffee over were written in confinement. Paul didn’t ask God to make life easier, He asked God to make him bold.
“Remember my chains.”
Today we call inconvenience persecution. They called prison obedience.
The early Church didn’t grow because it was safe. It grew because it was surrendered.
All my heroes went to prison.
Lord, raise up a Church again
that would rather risk everything
than water down anything.