Thursday, February 05, 2009

Surrender & see...

Commitment says, 'I am still in charge'.

Surrender says, 'I am letting God be in control'.

The world says, 'seeing is believing' but God says, 'believing is seeing!'

Acts 7:51-60
"You stiff-necked people, with uncircumcised hearts and ears! You are just like your fathers: You always resist the Holy Spirit! Was there ever a prophet your fathers did not persecute? They even killed those who predicted the coming of the Righteous One. And now you have betrayed and murdered him— you who have received the law that was put into effect through angels but have not obeyed it."

When they heard this, they were furious and gnashed their teeth at him. But Stephen, full of the Holy Spirit, looked up to heaven and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing at the right hand of God. "Look," he said, "I see heaven open and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God."

At this they covered their ears and, yelling at the top of their voices, they all rushed at him, dragged him out of the city and began to stone him. Meanwhile, the witnesses laid their clothes at the feet of a young man named Saul.

While they were stoning him, Stephen prayed, "Lord Jesus, receive my spirit." Then he fell on his knees and cried out, "Lord, do not hold this sin against them." When he had said this, he fell asleep.

Is the miracle that Stephen should have been delivered alive from his captors?

Or is the miracle that he was so bold through the Holy Spirit & not at all afraid of death because he saw Jesus & the Father?

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