Separation

The context of today’s passage began when an invalid beggar was healed by Peter and John as they made their way to the temple for afternoon prayers. Reports of the healing drew quite a crowd and quickly caught the attention of the Jewish leaders. They arrested the two disciples and brought them before a group of high officials with a demanding question: “By what power or by what name did you do this?” Peter’s answer is straight to the point— “Jesus Christ of Nazareth.”

He is using today to prepare you for tomorrow. He will never waste your time.

Have you come to the point in your life where you have trusted in Jesus alone as the only One who can bridge the great separation between you and God?

Let me leave you with this question, “Is anything too hard for the Lord?” You know the answer.

How about you? Can you celebrate the deliverance that Jesus brings . . . an eternal deliverance from sin, brokenness, and separation from God? Our spiritual deliverance is something that “should never fail to be celebrated.”

No one, on his own, can see God and live. But there is One who intercedes for us. Jesus stands between the holy God and sinful man and by his death bridges the great separation.

Maybe something has changed your plans this Christmas. A job that didn’t go the way you expected. An illness that showed up uninvited. A relocation. A separation. A broken relationship. The loss of a loved one. Sometimes things seem to happen so randomly. But for the believer, God is always in control. Hold on! He is using today to prepare you for tomorrow. He will never waste your time.