Forgettable

"For if you remain silent at this time, relief and deliverance for the Jews will arise from another place, but you and your father's family will perish. And who knows but that you have come to your royal position for such a time as this?"- Esther 4:14 (NIV).

Christians have been called the silent majority. So many times we see an opportunity to take a stand and sit on our hands, hold our tongues, hide our heads in the sand. Imagine the strength of a unified majority; the strength and progress that could be made. Between 1964 and 1968, Christians formed a unified coalition, that President Nixon called the "silent majority," who campaigned against pornography and sex education. They supported civil rights and called for law and order. Then many fell back into mediocrity. Do you know the definition of mediocre? It's middle-of-the-road, indifferent, run-of-the-mill, lackluster, forgettable. Do we, as Christians, want to be forgettable? We've been groomed to be silent: "Never discuss religion or politics with friends or family." The cultural problems of today do not go away simply by tuning out their existence.  How can Christians be unified if they don't gather and discuss the problems?  For all you know, God has placed you where you are, for such as time as this. We need to be unified; we need to find our voice. If not, relief and deliverance will arise from another place, God will call someone else to the battlefield, and our existence will be forgettable.