“Be Alert”

“…for I did not shrink from declaring to you the whole purpose of God. Keep watch over yourselves and over all the flock, of which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to shepherd the church of God that he obtained with the blood of his own Son. I know that after I have gone, savage wolves will come in among you, not sparing the flock. Some even from your own group will come distorting the truth in order to entice the disciples to follow them. Therefore be alert, remembering that for three years I did not cease night or day to warn everyone with tears. And now I command you to God and to the message of his grace, a message that is able to build you up and to give you the inheritance among all who are sanctified…”

Acts 20:27-32

Throughout your life you may be asked to justify your beliefs. Those beliefs should be founded and based on what the Bible says. So if you are asked to give a witness statement and an elder wants to see your Bible, show it to them. If they then give your Bible back to you, as your message is delivered, it is a tangible way of showing the church family that the leadership has entrusted the ministry of the Word to you on that day.

In Acts 20, Paul met with the elders of the church at Ephesus. In his charge to the leaders, the apostle warned them of the danger of false teachers and the responsibility of the church leadership to help the congregation grow in the Word of God.

No matter what our calling is, handle the Word with care. When we do, God’s people will grow.

The Spirit of God

uses the Word of God

to change the people of God.

Our Daily Bread – July 17, 2007