Thursday September 11th,
2014
Acts 2:46-47 “So
continuing daily with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread from house
to house, they ate their food with gladness and simplicity of heart, praising
God and having favor with all the people. And the Lord added to the church
daily those who were being saved.”
They ate their food with gladness and simplicity of
heart…together. I really love this. God’s people dwelling together, eating
food, and fellowshipping. They were probably praying together so much and just
talking about what God has done. That’s like what we do here, every single day
and it’s such a blessing. We get three meals a day and are able to get seconds
most of the time. We all pray together throughout the entire day for various
things that God places on each of our hearts. We have 40 other people to go to
if we need prayer. This is just one big, happy family here and it is such a
blessing!
Every time we come together for a meal I can’t help but
look around and think, “God is awesome”! I get to talk and pray with all these
people and get all this food daily. I don’t think twice about it sometimes…I
really am privileged to have all of that, I don’t deserve it, yet God blesses
me with it! I know I’ve kind of repeated myself a lot, but it’s true. Most
other people around the world go to bed hungry every night and don’t even have
a bed to go to sleep in. How unfortunate that I don’t even think twice about
the fact that I am so blessed…it saddens me that most of the world doesn’t have
the same comforts as I do. But that’s part of my role here, to show other
people Jesus and to bless them. The second half of verse 47 says, “And the Lord
added to the church daily those who were being saved.” The Lord is the key part
in that, He uses me, all of us to work together as His vessels, but it’s always
a good reminder that it is His works and not my own!
Application: To remember how much God has blessed me, I
will write I am blessed on my hand and every time I see it throughout the day,
I will pray in thanksgiving for those things and also lift up those in need.
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