Acts 3

Acts 3:11-15 (NIV84)

"11 While the beggar held on to Peter and John, all the people were astonished and came running to them in the place called Solomon's Colonnade.12 When Peter saw this, he said to them: “Men of Israel, why does this surprise you? Why do you stare at us as if by our own power or godliness we had made this man walk?13 The God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, the God of our fathers, has glorified his servant Jesus. You handed him over to be killed, and you disowned him before Pilate, though he had decided to let him go.14 You disowned the Holy and Righteous One and asked that a murderer be released to you.15 You killed the author of life, but God raised him from the dead. We are witnesses of this."

This passage really struck me during unceasing, especially verse 12.

Peters response is one of humility.  Peter doesn't take any credit for the healing.  In fact, he says that it's not a surprise that the man was healed because the same power that Jesus had Peter now had.  This miracle was done to prove the validity of what the apostles were saying.

Whenever we do something great for the Kingdom it's only to prove to people that Jesus was who he said he was.  Healing is awesome, prophesy is awesome, dreams and visions are awesome, but God won't let supernatural gifts be used for anything other than to glorify His name.

Well I guess that's it tonight,

Thanks for reading,
-JDWayt