Are you a door or a conduit?

Reading: Genesis 31, Acts 13, and Matthew 7

Scripture: Acts 13:10-11, and said, “You son of the devil, you enemy of all righteousness, full of all deceit and villainy, will you not stop making crooked the straight paths of the Lord? And now, behold, the hand of the Lord is upon you, and you will be blind and unable to see the sun for a time.” Immediately mist and darkness fell upon him, and he went about seeking people to lead him by the hand.

Thoughts: After Elymas had been trying to block what Paul and Barnabas were doing Paul gave this man a verbal beatdown and God blinded him. We are called to be a part of Jesus building churches, our job given to us by Jesus before leaving earth was to build churches. Even though we have differing ideas in how we understand passages and how we believe we are not here to criticize churches or tear down churches we are her to build churches, it is God’s and the Holy Spirits job to place conviction in the hearts of those who seek Him that we may be conformed to our Heavenly Father and not to a sect to religion. Let us not push others away or we could become part of the problem instead of the solution. 

Prayer: Father God, you are so wonderful, I thank you for sending your Son who is the Way to come to you and I thank you for the Holy Spirit who helps to remind us when getting off course and give us the power to work your plan. I thank you for the refining and molding you are doing in my life. I thank you for my family and those people you have brought into my life. I thank you for your provisions and the ability to steward that portion of your wealth. I ask that you help us to be an open door and a conduit for your love and not a door slamming in the face of those who don’t believe as we do.