Imagine how frustrating it must have been to deal with Paul?

When Jesus got a hold of him—he turned his life on a dime.

And when they decided to deal with him to discontinue his spreading of the gospel, he declared:

  1.  If you kill me, I will die for Christ.
  2.  If you torture me and put me in chains, I will take a beating for Christ and be in chains for Christ.
  3.  If you let me go, I will spread the gospel for Christ.

Wow.

Sometimes my greatest accomplishment in the morning is … Going to work.

Lord, strengthen me to be who You have called me to be.  And not one thing less.

Acts 16 27 When the jailer woke and saw that the prison doors were open, he drew his sword and was about to kill himself, supposing that the prisoners had escaped. 28 But Paul cried with a loud voice, “Do not harm yourself, for we are all here.” 29 And the jailer called for lights and rushed in, and trembling with fear he fell down before Paul and Silas. 30 Then he brought them out and said, “Sirs, what must I do to be saved?” 31 And they said, “Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved, you and your household.” 32 And they spoke the word of the Lord to him and to all who were in his house. 33 And he took them the same hour of the night and washed their wounds; and he was baptized at once, he and all his family. 34 Then he brought them up into his house and set food before them. And he rejoiced along with his entire household that he had believed in God.

Paul was committed to the gospel.

And his commitment overrode everything that he did, and said, and wanted to do.

To be free of prison was not nearly as important as winning the heart of the jailer, and his family, and the town … to Jesus.

Let’s commit this very day to be IN.  

  • To be IN the business of converting the lost.  
  • To be IN the business of ministering to the broken.
  • To be IN the business of protecting those who can’t protect themselves.
  • To be IN the business of … Jesus.

In The Name of the Father and the 

Son and the Holy Spirit.  Amen.

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Coach J