Is Boldness Christian?

Scripture tells us the meek will inherit the earth.  Based on that Scripture alone a lot of people think that to be a Christian, you have to be meek and mild and wimpy.

As I have said many times,  the Bible is a book of balance.  You have to take the whole thing in context.  Let me offer a balancing view.

Acts 13:46-47(NKJV)

46Then Paul and Barnabas grew bold and said, “It was necessary that the word of God should be spoken to you first; but since you reject it, and judge yourselves unworthy of everlasting life, behold, we turn to the Gentiles. 

47For so the Lord has commanded us:      ‘I have set you as a light to the Gentiles,     That you should be for salvation to the ends of the earth.’” £

Is there any one that would argue that Paul and Barnabas were not good Christians?  That they weren't men after God's own heart as the saying goes?  And yet it says right here that they weren't meek in this instance, they were BOLD.

Sometimes we have to be bold, challenging, and in your face.  Sometimes we are called on to simply tell it like it is.  Sometimes we need to be meek while representing God but sometimes we need to be bold.

Are you prepared to be bold for God?