I can’t remember who said it, but he said, I was not a class clown, I was the class comedian.  The class clown did the dumb stuff and got in trouble, the class comedian was the one who stood back and encouraged him. Some people are born troublemakers. In 1 Kings 17:17 Ahab saw to Elijah and said, “Is it you, you troubler of Israel?”  He called Elijah this because he had told Ahab that it was not going to rain.  Elijah told Ahab that the truth was that Ahab was the troublemaker. It was Ahab who led the people to sin that brought judgment on the land.

When you live in a world that mocks biblical truth and righteousness, you will be called a troublemaker if you stand for them. You will be out of step with society and if you call people to repentance, you will be seen as the cause of trouble. The temptation will always be to go along to get along. But as Christians committed to Biblical truth, we must not only speak it but live by it.

Speaking truth is not being abrasive or judgmental. Speaking truth simply says that somethings are right, and somethings are wrong.  Somethings are good and somethings are bad.  Speaking truth is not calling people sinners and condemning them to Hell, speaking truth is saying that there is such a thing as sin, and we have all broken God’s law. Speaking truth is telling people that yes, the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus.

So do not be afraid to be called a troublemaker.  Especially if in fact, the trouble is coming from the other side. A troublemaker can be the one who helps make things right.