Acts #34 - Trusting God Through Ambiguity

Acts 12:18-25 (NIV)

What does it take for you to trust God in ambiguity?

Today’s episode of Daily Read brings us to a transitional passage between the first half of Acts and the second half of Acts. Up to this point we’ve seen Jesus empower his disciples with the Holy Spirit to be his witnesses in Jerusalem, in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth. But the question is how? Well, so far the Holy spirit has broken down barriers of difference, moved in the hearts and minds of his followers to move across cultural and ethinc boundaries and called Saul to follow Jesus.

Followers of Jesus, now known as Christians in Antioch, are growing in number and spreading out, but in terms of that original commission, Antioch is hardly the “ends of the earth.” They stand at a moment that is often difficult for many of us in our own lives. And that is the time between the moment we hear the promise of God and the time that we see that promise fulfilled.

The story of Acts is a story of trusting the LORD to do what the LORD is going to do in his own timing. As you listen to this passage that really just provides a bit of historical context, consider the things that you are longing to see the LORD do in your life and enter into the ambiguity with the early Church.

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1. What has stood out to you thus far in the book of Acts?

2. As you’ve listened to the book of Acts, what has struck you about the young church and its relationship with the Holy Spirit. How have you been encouraged by this relationship? How have you been challenged or stretched?

3. Jesus told the Disciples in Acts 1 that they would be his witnesses in Jerusalem, Judea, Samaria, and to the ends of the earth. Is there a calling or a promise that you’ve received from the Lord that you are still waiting on? Bring that longing to the Lord now and contend for His will to be done.

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