August 20: Acts 7:44-53
Key Verse: Acts 7:51
‘You stiff-necked people, uncircumcised in heart and ears, you are for ever opposing the Holy Spirit, just as your ancestors used to do.
Devotion:
One of the hardest things to hear in life is someone telling you that you are wrong and that you do not love them as you say you do!
The more we get caught up in the things we can do and the things we have control over, the more we begin to think we are in power and maybe even invincible!
Jesus tried to teach the disciples they had to give in to what the Holy Spirit was trying to teach them and to listen and obey. He did this through example by living hsi life just as he was teaching them.
The more faith we have in the Holy Spirit and the more we stop and listen to the Holy Spirit, the more likely we will actually do what he wants from us - only then ill we get closer to living the life God wants from us!
Points to ponder:
Just how much do you do things because you can?
Have you tried to stop and listen to what the Holy Spirit may be asking?