I know that it has been far too long from my last post and I have probably lost any followers that I may have had, but I felt compelled to try again and this is the devotion that spoke to me this morning.
"Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and perceived that they were uneducated and untrained men, they marveled. And they realized that they had been with Jesus." Acts 4:13
There is no mistaking a life transformed by God! The disciples had been vain and fearful when Jesus enlisted them. James and John sought to outmaneuver their fellow disciples in order to gain the places of greatest honor next to Jesus (Mark 10:37). Over and over the disciples' actions showed that they did not truly undertand who Jesus was (John 6:6-9); Mark 6:49). Even after three years with Jesus, Peter was afraid to confess Christ before a young servant girl (Matt. 26:69-75). Anyone who knew these men would soon realize they were not the kind of people on which you build a worldwide kingdom. Yet something happened to them as they were with Jesus. The Holy Spirit transformed them, giving them new boldness and wisdom. Now they could perform miracles and preach fearlessly and persuasively to multitudes. Even their enemies noticed in their changed lives the same power they had witnessed in Jesus.
Sometimes we desperately want others to believe that we have changed, don't we, that we are more godly, more devoted, more like Jesus? It is not necessary, however, for those who have been truly transformed by Christ to convince others ot the difference; the change will be obvious. If you have to prove to someone that God has really changed you, He has not! Those around you will surely notice when your life has been transformed by your relationship with Jesus and how you look and act with our relationship with everyone else.
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Thank you for this post!
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