Tuesday 1 Mar 2011

Tuesday Reading: Acts 4:1-3

Key Verse: Acts 4:3
3  And they laid hands on them and put them under guard until the next day, for it was already evening.

Devotion:
This is not the laying on of hands in the Christian sense we are talking of here, this is the authorities locking up Peter and his helpers just because they dared to teach about Jesus, much less to talk of His resurrection! Sadly this is going to be something that we face each time we dare to tell others about Jesus. Yes there will be those that do listen and learn the truth but there will always be many who do not want to hear the truth and will do what they can to disrupt our teaching. This is where my heart goes out to teachers in schools where the students run riot because the teachers are not allowed to discipline their pupils... But enough about school, let’s get back to Christ our King!

No matter where we go there will always be someone who is willing to take a stand against us because, although Satan has lost the war, he refuses to give up and lie down. He will continue to try to keep people away from knowing Christ and he is going to use whomever he can to achieve that goal. If that means using people high up in authority then so be it. We can see the corruption that is rife in our societies and we can see that corruption all the way to the top in our governments. It is very sad to know that we have people in charge who have given in to the temptations of power and greed and are no longer following God. What a joy it would be to see a Christian in power!

Over and over we hear about things happening in the news where people who had been given a position of power have abused that position and given in to evil rather than making a stand for righteousness. We are going to fighting a battle all the way to the end but we are the ones who can be sure of our outcome and because of that we must stick at what we do best – telling others about Christ; letting them know the truth. We may lose battles along the way but Christ is already victorious so we need not worry about the eventual outcome but rather of those around us who need our help in getting to know God.

Points to Ponder:
Do you stop teaching when someone rebels?

Did you ever see Christ turn His back on those that needed Him?