Ministry to Persecuted Believers
God intervenes
Acts 12:6-12
Read the Bible through:
AM - 2 Kings 10-11 : PM -Luke 23:33-56
And when Peter had come to himself, he said, "Now I know for certain that the Lord has sent His angel, and has delivered me from the hand of Herod and from all the expectation of the Jewish people" (Acts 12:11).
God intervenes
Acts 12:6-12
Read the Bible through:
AM - 2 Kings 10-11 : PM -Luke 23:33-56
And when Peter had come to himself, he said, "Now I know for certain that the Lord has sent His angel, and has delivered me from the hand of Herod and from all the expectation of the Jewish people" (Acts 12:11).
Peter had the spiritual sense about Him to recognize it was God who had delivered Him. After the great success he had enjoyed at Pentecost, he could have been tempted to trust in himself. But Peter knew his situation was one from which he could never have rescued himself. It was God's intervention that set him free.
One of the temptations we often face is to begin to believe the blessings we enjoy in life are somehow the result of what we have done. In our flesh, we want to take the credit. What we need is spiritual insight to see the handprints of God on our lives. Our Lord has a way of allowing us to get into situations from which only he can deliver us. It is His way of demonstrating His power and His love to us. In what ways has God demonstrated his power in your life?
Lord, remind me of where I would be without You. Thank You for intervening in my life.
