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Theo Tigno•
6/2/2003 6:44 am
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Monday, June 2nd 2003 |
Acts 19: 1-8
While Apollos was in Corinth, Paul traveled through the interior of the country and down to Ephesus where he found some disciples. He said to them, "Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you became believers?" They answered him, "We have never even heard that there is a Holy Spirit." He said, "How were you baptized?" They replied, "With the baptism of John." Paul then said, "John baptized with a baptism of repentance, telling the people to believe in the one who was to come after him, that is, in Jesus." When they heard this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus. And when Paul laid his hands on them, the Holy Spirit came upon them, and they spoke in tongues and prophesied. Altogether there were about twelve men.
He entered the synagogue, and for three months debated boldly with persuasive arguments about the Kingdom of God.
Dawg's thought:
Today's prayer intention is for my brother, Trony, and my sister in law, Kathy, on their one year anniversary of marriage.
Jesus is the completion of all things.
Last night I was talking to a friend of mine about how it's hard to keep God as the focus in relationships. Let's replace the word "relationships" with the word "prophets" and see what we can come up with.
Throughout time, there have been many prophets.
Throughout our time, there have been many relationships.
There are prophets that pointed to God's will.
There are relationships that pointed to God's will.
There are prophets that bring us closer to God.
There are relationships that bring us closer to God.
There are prophets that pointed to themselves (which, by the true meaning of the word "prophet" - one who proclaims the Word of God - is not a prophet at all).
There are relationships that pointed to themselves (which, while relationships are good, becomes stingy when it's all about you).
John the Baptist was the prophet who became a wild man in the middle of the desert to proclaim the coming of Jesus, who is the completion of all things. How is your relationships leading you closer to Jesus, who is the completion of all things? Are there friendships who draw you further from the Truth or help point you to the Truth? Are you leading your spouse away from God or helping them get closer to God?
We are all called to be prophets. We are all called to point toward God and not ourselves. In that talk I had last night with a friend of mine, if your heart is set on being a prophet to its true definition, then your relationships will reflect your heart. Jesus says, "The pure in heart shall see God." Let us then work on purifying our hearts so that we may be prophets in our relationships. Most importantly, though, we must always remember our most important relationship... our relationship with the one who is the completion of all things: Jesus Christ. Take care and God Bless.
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