Most of us know we are
supposed to do something good with our life . . . to care about all people . .
. throughout the world. So . . . when we see someone with a need. . . we
must make a decision. Will we help? Will we reach out and make a
difference?
Read Acts 3. Peter and John, filled with the
Spirit of God, saw someone with a need . . . an impossible need . . . and they
took a risk. The man had spent his life outside the temple . . . begging
. . . because he could not walk . . . ever. The man was healed through a
force that nothing and no one could contend with, the strength of God, so
powerful that he could walk. The thing is . . . we see more, enabled to do
more, through the Spirit of God.
There is a crossroad we
come to . . . a place in life that we must decide what to do . . . whether we
will take a risk and reach out with the belief that God has something more. So,
Peter and John talked about what more could be experienced with. God, while
people listened:
They couldn't take
their eyes off them—Peter and John standing there so confident, so sure of
themselves! Their fascination deepened when they realized these two were laymen
with no training in Scripture or formal education. They recognized them as
companions of Jesus, but with the man right before them, seeing him standing
there so upright—so healed!—what could they say against that? (Acts 4:13-14)
So. How is it
possible to know if a risk will do anything good?
Words written in the
ancient days say it best: 'Not by might nor by power, but by my
Spirit' Zechariah 4:6.
Ultimately, God enables
us to more through the Spirit. When we risk being led by the Spirit . . .
something more occurs . . . something that so powerful and life-changing that
nothing ever is the same again.
Stop. Ask. Respond to
the Spirit of God. Be willing to do something good through a power that nothing
or no one can contend with.
Pastor Kerrie
(written by
Kerrie Palmer © 2010 All Rights Reserved)
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