And then… - Acts 29:1
True, there are 28 chapters in the book of Acts. Chapter 29 is our chapter. And its pages are filled with the accounts of what you and I do with this message of grace.
The story of Christ's ongoing mission is being written every day. It is scribed in our hearts. The Acts 29 journals of our lives are written with ink of joys and pains for others to read; and in these words, to find hope.
In the closing lines of Acts, Paul quotes the prophet Isaiah:
For this people’s heart has grown dull, and with their ears they can barely hear, and their eyes they have closed… (v27).
Could there be a more sobering description of the spiritual state of culture today? Could there be a better description of my heart, my ears and my eyes at times? (Yours?)
But there is hope!
…lest they should see with their eyes and hear with their ears
and understand with their heart and turn, and I would heal them.
Therefore let it be known to you that this salvation of God has been sent… (v27-28).
As the recipients of God's great love, we are the conduits of his grace and power. We are the pages upon which his story is still being written.
God, write your story in me… and through me.
For now...
D
