Scripture Verse that Caught My Attention Today: Acts 14:27 When they arrived, they called the church together and related all that God had done with them, and how he had opened a door of faith for the Gentiles.
Observation: Early on it was normal practice to review what God had been doing in the church’s life.
Application: Sometimes it seems that this can be taken to the extreme. Certainly I’ve tired at times of hearing, for example, a televangelist waxing on and on about what God has been doing in his or her life or through their ministry. In spite of their words to the contrary, it sometimes it seems like they are passively aggressively heaping praise upon themselves under the guise of offering glory to God.
Lutherans, it seems, are often of the opposite extreme—hesitant to conduct an honest review of what God might in fact be doing among us and through us and yes, often times in spite of us. This is an area where more attention may be desirable, but not just in the sense of numerical data, but also in the sense of listening for signs and signals of where we might best direct our efforts in light of the doors that seem to be opening before us.
Prayer: Lord, thanks for the ways you worked long ago and for the ways you continue to work today. Help us to see them and jump in to help in any way we can. In Jesus’ name. Amen.
(Scripture Readings today included Leviticus 4-6 and Acts 14)
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