Saturday, August 13, 2011

Following

Acts 12:8
    “Then the angel said to him, ‘Gird yourself and tie on your sandals,’ and so he did. And he said to him, ‘Put on your garment and follow me.’”

    I love Peter’s obedience here. The angel woke him up, freed him from his chains and told him to get dressed.
    So peter god dressed. No questions asked.
    This was a man who had experience following the Lord’s orders in the flesh. Even now that the Lord was in heaven and the Spirit was in him, he obeyed simply as if Jesus Himself commanded it.
    Of course, he thought it wasn’t real at the time, but I doubt he would have done much different even if he had.
    Blind obedience is not the same as blind faith. In fact, often God calls people to follow without explanation. Peter probably knew this better than most and so didn’t even stop to question.
    I need to trust as Peter did. Without question. Without hesitation.

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