Sunday 26 Dec 2021

December 26: Acts 7:51-53

Key Verse: Acts 7:51
You stiff-necked people! Your hearts and ears are still uncircumcised. You are just like your ancestors: you always resist the Holy Spirit!

Devotion:
How many times have you been so stubborn you have gone ahead with something without much though for the consequences, only to find out it was deem to fail no matter what? Each one of us has a stubborn streak which makes us do things even when others are warning us against it. We think we know best and we go ahead...

These words were spoken against the Sanhedrin and against the Jews who refused to accept Jesus was their Messiah. They had been told the Messiah would come, how he would come, what he would do and many more things; but they refused to believe a mere human man could be their messiah because they wanted something more!

When we think we deserve more, we turn away from the obvious and turn away from good advice – because we think we deserve more. We have a long history of this sort of thing happening throughout history, and yet we continue to follow these false paths and seek our own teaching instead of what God has been trying to show us all along.

This Jesus, this baby boy, was born of a virgin and came to set us free from our continual debt, continual stubborn ways and continual failure. He came to set us free and allow us to live a closer life with God… But we wanted more. We wanted something spectacular which would overwhelm us and fill our desires. God did not send Jesus to fill our every desire, but to fill the need we have in our lives.

Points to Ponder:
Do you always seek more physical evidence?

Will you simply accept Jesus as your Saviour?