This chapter opens with Herod killing James the brother of John and then imprisoning Peter. The church prayed earnestly for him, and miraculously he escaped one night with the aid of an angel. Sounds a bit too incredible to be real, right? I don't know, we see lots of miracles in the Scriptures. Too bad God doesn't move like that today, eh?
But actually, this account sounds a lot like the stories of Brother Yun, an intensely persecuted Chinese house church leader, as recorded in his autobiography The Heavenly Man. (If you haven't read it, I highly recommend it.) It reminds me that God is alive and active in our world today, as much as he was in the days of the early church. True, in this country we don't often see God working in such miraculous ways, but I think that's mostly because we don't need or expect him to.
Tonight, I'm praising God for his power and his passion for his people. And I'm praying that I would learn to truly believe and trust him to work miraculously in my life.
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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