Normal Average World changer

 

Wake the Faith up Slayer… This is Garth Heckman with the David Alliance and you can reach me at

TDAgiantslayer@gmail.com 

 

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Im normal, average, not necessarily smart, not extremely educated, and there was very little advantage being born in my family… but man am I going to make an impact.

 

Acts 3 Peter and John going to the temple… doing what they do. Same old same old.

A man with a dire need hits them up…

Hey uh can you spare me some change… he is a beggar, he is a cripple. Peter and John pull out their pockets, empty a gum wrapper, some lint and a kernel of wheat that somehow got in there… and tell him we ain’t got no money, but we will give you what we do have.

And they heal him.

Get up in Jesus name and walk! BOOM! It happens. Now a crowd gathers because a dude who could not walk for 40 years is now got his own instagram account where he is jumping and shouting and praising God. eat your heart out kneesovertoes guy.

The religious leaders are not happy… two reasons:

one they are preaching Jesus and two the sadducees don’t believe in the supernatural… that would be a hard one to argue at this point… or you would think.

They lock up Peter and John and now in Acts 4 they share something that is quite remarkable out of the lips of the religious leaders. They say this

13 The members of the council were amazed when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, for they could see that they were ordinary men with no special training in the Scriptures. They also recognized them as men who had been with Jesus.

 

So check out the scene… they see a miracle, in fact the man they healed is standing their with them. 

They see the boldness, they see that they are ordinary, they see that they are uneducated… but what also do they see?

They recognized that these men had been with Jesus. They saw what really mattered… time with Jesus. 

 

Lets flip the script… would it have mattered if they saw that they were well educated, well informed, highly influential, financially secure… would they have pinned the miracle on one of these traits????

Oh, they have both graduated from Harvard… no wonder they can do miracles. 

WAKE UP - not a chance. the difference maker in the eyes of the world is that they see you have spent time with Jesus and you have the power to back it up!

It is not enough to just spend time with Jesus, you have to step out and do the work and God will do the rest. 

Hello? If you walk with the miracle worker you better walk in the miraculous or no one really cares. If you don’t speak life, deal life, give life… it don’t matter.

Here is the recipe for the miraculous…

Spend time with Jesus

Be filled with the Holy Spirit

Always be prepared to preach the gospel

and then in your day to day routine just step out in faith…

NOW people will notice you have been with God. Not because you argue theological points on social media, not because you wear a Christian t shirt, not because you don’t go to movies… 

Get where I am going with this. 

But to put a final nail in the coffin… they ask him (the high priest and the religious leaders) in who’s name do you do this… These were the same religious leaders who were against Jesus on the night of the crucifixion. 

Peter and John say we do this in the name of Jesus.

Peter and John set a precedent - Do all things in the name of Jesus… what a way to live life! 

When your heart bleeds religion -you nit pick and are captious… yeah you know who Im talking to. But when your heart is simply to share the gospel and make Jesus known to a dying world… God has a tendency to show up.

Ok, so you’re average, you’re normal, you are just like everyone else…. Be the one who spends time with Jesus, is continually filled with his Spirit and who is always ready to share the gospel… and watch what happens.