Job 32-33; Acts 14

Sharing the GOOD NEWS is a volatile business. It elicits extreme responses:

• Through it the Holy Spirit empowers some to believe and become children of God;
• Others will exalt the messenger rather than receive the message;
• Still others will aggressively oppose the message even to the point of violence. Paul was declared a god in derbe, and stoned in Lystra.

3 Thoughts hit me from this passage. First, don’t underestimate the power of the Message to change people’s lives in all circumstances. God’s Word simply does what He sent it to do. Second, don’t be surprised by the power of the opposition. The enemy will go to great lengths – including violence – to neutralize both message and messengers. Third, God wins. The immediate outcome may look bad, even fatal. But in the end, God, His Message, and His Messengers are unstoppable.

 Have an Excellent weekend!

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