The verse that stands out to me the most this time is verse 10. I am impressed by Stephen's confidence in his faith. He's so confident that he was willing to argue with the top philosophers of his day (the Jews) and prevailed. I wish that I too could have that same confidence. A lot of the times, when my non-Christian friends ask me questions about my faith, I always respond very reluctantly. I'm constantly thinking how can I answer this question the best? How can I make a good argument about my faith? All these questions race through my mind as I come up with intelligent answers. Ultimately, I stumble through a haphazard response which makes me look very unsure of what I believe in. But when people argued against Stephen, there was no sense of doubt. He trusted in his faith and responded with wisdom from the Holy Spirit. Someone once told that we should be confident in what we believe in because it makes sense. The more I think about it, the more truth I find in that statement. From the cumulation of all of our experiences in the Lord, from His answered prayers, the peace and comfort He provides, the one logical conclusion is that God is real. It's our spiritually intelligent deduction.
Make your logical conclusion today ;-)
yay for spiritual intelligence. :). I absolutely love the story of stephen. It is just downright encouraging. I almost wanna say ....you go man! I think for me I have such a hard time trusting the Lord. Trusting that He will give me the right words, trusting that this life inside me is really all I need to testify to others. I think it's also because we have a certain idea of how things should turn out when we share the gospel, but it seems to me that the Lord works differently in different people's lives, and we need to just entrust people's salvation to God, and just share out of the wisdom God has granted us at that moment. (and be persistent in prayer). but yeah... i like that statement about what we believe making sense. it does, and i believe the whole spiritual intelligence thing is when our spirit is the head over our mind..and it is all unified....and logic becomes based on the Holy Spirit's insight...which is more wise and intelligent than any earthly man.
ReplyDeletethanks as always for sharing:).