Acts 21: 37 As the
soldiers were about to take Paul into the barracks, he asked the
commander, “May I say something to you?”
“Do you speak
Greek?” he replied. 38 “Aren’t you the Egyptian who
started a revolt and led four thousand terrorists out into the
wilderness some time ago?”
39 Paul answered, “I am a Jew, from Tarsus in Cilicia, a
citizen of no ordinary city. Please let me speak to the people.”
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“We need you to go
on stage and tell everyone about the new service” one of the higher-ups said.
Up until this point I had a lot of opinions about it and voiced them regularly.
Now that I had to speak about the new service, I felt speechless.
- There were times when I had to prepare myself with something to say.
- There were times when I had to study to have something to say.
- There were times when I had to be forced to have something to say.
Paul asked the
commander “May I say something to you?” He had an explanation on his mind that
he was prepared for. Paul had no idea he would be in this situation, so how
could he be prepared? He probably remembered the other beatings and imprisonments
and knew if he’d ever got into this position again he would be ready with
something to say.
- GOD wants me to always be prepared to say something on HIS behalf.
- GOD wants me ready to speak about JESUS in a moment’s notice.
- GOD wants me to place HIS love in my heart so I can always speak from the heart versus thinking of what to say.
Experiencing GOD’s
grace gives me something to say all the time. I mean, when I open my eyes to
what GOD has done today, I can say something about HIS grace that I may not
have seen yesterday.
GOD wants me to
accept HIS life of purpose in teaching people about JESUS as the only Savior.
This may cause turmoil to some and eternal comfort to others. BUT GOD is please
when I have something to say about JESUS. I am glad HE gives me something to
say.
- What would your last words be?
- Would you continue with trying to get your way or hold onto that argument if you were on your death bed?
- Will you practice your last words with everyone, teaching others about the love of JESUS being the solution to all issues today?
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