Wednesday, April 22: Acts 3- Witness continues.

In Acts 1:8 Jesus said to the disciples, But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth. Yesterday we read about the power of the Holy Spirit coming upon the disciples. Witnesses immediately ensued.

Today the story of the disciples witness continues. A lame beggar is healed miraculously and immediately Peter seized the opportunity to witness to Jesus.

In the book of Acts, ‘witness’ is generally public declaration of the message of Jesus.

On Solomon’s Colonnade, the porch of the Temple, Peter begins declaring the message of Jesus to all who gathered because of the miracle. The scene will continue to unfold in the next chapter.

For too many years I focused on the miracle healing. It is amazing what God can do. But if I step back and look at the arc of the story, as Luke penned it, the miracle was the crowd-gathering event that set the expectation into which Peter stepped for the main act… witnessing to Jesus and inviting others to turn from their wicked ways and follow Jesus!

Increase my boldness to seize any and every moment to witness to Jesus inviting others to turn from their wicked ways and follow Him… this is what God is speaking to me today!

How about you???

Lord, loosen my lips that I might proclaim Jesus clearly, boldly and decisively… for Your glory. Amen.