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Acts 4:13 has quickly become one of my favorite verses.
I love how these ordinary, unschooled men’s lives were transformed by the time the spent with Jesus. And everyone knew it.
Moses had to wear a veil when he came down from Mount Sinai because of how his face radiated God’s glory. There was no denying that he had been in the presence of God.
Jim Rohn proposes that we are the average or a product of the five people we spend the most time with. Do you agree? Take a moment and think of those with whom you spend most of your time. Their influence transforms us. And it matters who we spend time with!
The disciples. Moses. People could tell with whom they had been spending their time. How about you?
By what you say, and how you act, can people tell with whom you have been spending your time?
How are you being transformed by the time you spend with Jesus? Can others tell you have been in the Word, and in prayer? Do you radiate God’s glory, by living a transformed life?
May we be transformed and renewed day by day through the time spent with Jesus, and may others take note of it, just like in Acts 4:13 with the disciples.
The Sabbath rest was the fourth of the Ten Commandments. And while we do not follow the practice of the Sabbath today, there are many parallel commands in the New Testament that we are called to fulfill.
As highlighted in the Exodus and Deuteronomy accounts of the Ten Commandments, rest is not only a reward for a job well done. It is also in preparation for a job to be done.
We rest because He has taken our burdens (Matt. 11:28-29).
We rest in order to renew our spirit (Mark 6:31).
We rest as a quieting of the soul (Ps. 46:10).
We rest to renew our hope (Acts 2:26).
We rest in Christ’s power (2 Cor. 12:9).
We rest to renew our strength (2 Cor. 13:9).
We rest to refocus our purpose (2 Cor. 13:11).
We rest in order to remember all God has done (Heb. 3:7-19).
We rest as an example of God’s rest on the seventh day (Heb. 4:4).
And we look forward to the promise of entering into His Sabbath rest (Heb. 4:1-3, 9-11).
I invite you to be transformed by rest—not just an extra 10 minutes of sleep in the morning or a power nap in the afternoon.
May we be transformed by an attitude of rest that can only be found in communion with the One who is the source of rest and peace.
