Dirt
Acts 6:8-15
Key
Verse: “None of them could stand against the wisdom and the Spirit
with which Stephen spoke. (6:10 NLT).”
If
someone tried, what kind of “dirt” could they dig up on you? What
do your daily actions, the things you say to your friends, family,
co-workers say about who you are? What do that say about the God you
worship? Even when people were looking for something to hold against
Stephen they could find nothing. Nothing he said implicated him or
his God. The only thing they could say about him was that he was a
man of integrity, in whose words people only found wisdom and whose
actions showed that he was continually guided by the Spirit. When it
comes to big things this is easy, but in small things, the little
things we say to those closest to us, our actions with those we work
and live, it is the hardest. As followers of Christ it is our hope
that our actions and words give this kind of testimony, that if
someone was looking for something to hold against us, that they would
have to rely on falsehoods in order to bring anything against us.
Each day, we should work to allow our actions and our words indite as
as people of wisdom and the Spirit.
Prayer:
Lord,
I pray, in all things that I may be found to be a person of
integrity. Help me to seek you in all parts of my life. Guide the all
words of my mouth, whether spoken publicly or to those who live in my
home, that they may speak of your wisdom in all things. May your
Spirit guide my actions, may everything I do and do not do speak of
who you are at all times. May my words and my actions reflect your
character each and every day. Amen
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