LIVING THROUGH LIFE S LULLS
Acts 1:12-26
After the ascension of Jesus the disciples seemed to be standing around shuffling their feet and twiddling their thumbs waiting for something to happen. If the last mighty act of God had been the resurrection and ascension, today there would be no church. Life is a strange mixture of rapture and routine, of scaling the heights and digging in the valleys. Observing Peter and the disciples can teach us some valuable lessons about what to do when our spiritual lives hit low tide.
It is a mistake to think that doing anything is always better than doing nothing.
Peter is given to the compulsion to always be doing something.
"Much doing" is not the answer to our spiritual needs.
There is a natural ebb and flow in our spiritual life as our humanity catches up with our spiritual knowledge.
It is a mistake to hang on to past forms thinking we must keep things the way they were in the past.
Organization must change to meet different and growing needs.
The point is: the church should be more concerned with where it is going than where it has been.
When tempted to look back to what seems a better day, be sure to get a grasp on what really makes the difference.
It is a mistake to want God to approve our plans as if they were His will.
Many times we go to God, hand Him our set of life-plans, and anxiously await His approval.
One must seek God s plan - not God’s approval on ones own plan!
In times of spiritual lulls, we need to open up our lives and let God fill in the blanks.
Peter and the disciples remained safe spiritually because they stayed in the circle of obedience.
If one is in the wrong place, the right place is empty.
Happy is the one who knows he is in God s place at God s time, doing his best to serve God.