Tuesday, January 11, 2011

Tues., 1/11/11 Devotion (Acts 11:7-8a)

Today's encouragement comes from Acts 11:7 & 8a, which says this:

"And I heard a voice saying to me, 'Rise, Peter; kill and eat.' But I said, 'Not so, Lord!' "

How often Peter's words here represent even the most devoted saints of God. The King of heaven and earth gives a specific command, and the believer makes this preposterous response: "Not so, Lord." God's faithful churchmen cannot say, "Not so," and "Lord," in the same sen-
tence.

Thankfully, God was patient with Peter and repeated the process three times. Peter finally determined that he could not, and should not "resist" God, (cf. Acts 11:17b). When our Lord tells us what to do, we must not let our (faulty) religion get in the way of our obedience.

[Puritan quote of the day: "It is better to mortify one sin than to un-
derstand all mysteries." --Thomas Watson, in, "The Doctrine of Re-
pentance"]