Open Your Mouth

Why has God given you a voice?In this devotion, Pastor Kent Jacob reflects on Proverbs 31:8–9, where Lemuel’s mother commands him to “open your mouth for the speechless” and plead the cause of the poor and needy. After speaking identity, warning, and discipline into her son, she now shows him the purpose of a shaped life: to stand for others. This episode reminds us that our voice is not only for ourselves. It is a gift to encourage, defend, intercede, and speak for those who cannot speak for themselves.