Saturday, January 11, 2014

OUR WORK: How Hope is Shown

"Then fear came upon every soul, and many wonders and signs were done through the apostles. Now all who believed were together, and had all things in common, and sold their possessions and goods, and divided them among all, as anyone had need." (Acts 2:43-45 NKJV)

The reality of our hope is shown in the priorities we flesh out in daily action.  We are demonstrating whether our hope is fixed on things that are eternal or that which is temporal.  We can claim we have our heart set on heaven, and yet how we invest our time, talent and treasure contradict that.

Jesus did many mighty works while on earth in His mortal body.  He would keep on working after He ascended to heaven, through His spiritual body, the church.

As seen in our text, these Christians loved each other.  They helped each other.  They shared life together.  If a man or woman faced a seemingly hopeless situation, they refused to allow it, but lifted them up and gave them hope and help.

Just read in the next chapter of a hopeless cripple, consigned to poverty, begging for a few coins outside the Temple gates.  Peter and John didn't ignore him, but intervened in the name of Jesus and his life was changed forever.  He found hope!

We still have work to do.  Help someone find hope today!

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