God's Impetus

Acts 12:8 Then the angel said to him, "Put on your clothes and sandals." And Peter did so. "Wrap your cloak around you and follow me," the angel told him. 9Peter followed him out of the prison, but he had no idea that what the angel was doing was really happening; he thought he was seeing a vision.

Notice God intervening to save. Amid all the things that ensnared Peter, bondage/chains, sleep, guards, darkness, and nakedness….God was the one to send angels to wake Peter from sleep (spiritual sleep), to free him from his chains (sins), to subdue the guards (Satan), to bring light into darkess (spiritual condition)…and remind Peter to cloth himself…

Peter’s response was similar to the response of one who has been called by God, and with childlike faith he/she follows. Not really “understanding” the call to come out of sin, enprisonment, darkness, nakedness, bondage (chains)…maybe even considering it a dream or vision….yet Peter followed.

God, as you continue to bring people to ANC who are in bondage of sin, who are asleep, who are in darkness, who Satan has a hold on… let us be faithful in speaking your truth to them. They may be blindly following the prompting of your Spirit, not understanding “WHY” they actually are at church, but you do. Give us discernment to minister to them, give us a heart to love them, give us your words to speak to them, and give us wisdom to teach and direct them.

And God…..Thank you for drawing me back out of my own chains. You are faithful when we are faithless.