In the beginning of this chapter, Peter is being criticized for interacting with uncircumcized men, so he recounts the vision he'd had (in chapter 10) and how the Lord led him to share the Good News with the Gentiles. After they heard the Good News, many believed and received the Holy Spirit, which surprised the Jews. At the end of his explanation, Peter reasons: "If then God gave the same gift to them as he gave to us when we believed in the Lord Jesus Christ, who was I that I could stand in God's way?" (Acts 11:17). That pretty much silenced all the grumbling, and everyone glorified God.
Exactly: If God decides to work in a certain way, however surprising we may find it, who are we to stand in the way of that? Beautiful.
About Me
- Jenn
- It's hard to summarize who I am in a few short words. My instinct is to tell you what I do, but I'm learning that that's not the same thing. Who am I? I'm a child of God, by his grace, thanks to the sacrifice of his son Jesus. I haven't earned his love and I don't deserve his grace, and yet I am his beloved. I too often get caught up in trying to do things for God and forget to just be his, but I'm working on that...
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