Revealed

The book of Acts is filled with excitement! Miracles happen in every chapter. We in Pentecost have stood on this book for years as the basis of our faith. The primary characteristic of this book is that the people refused to limit God. Once He displayed His power and poured it upon them they never took it for granted.

I have observed in recent years that instead of taking advantage of the power that God has given us through the Holy Ghost, we have taken Him for granted. We have limited God in various ways because of tradition or habit and often squandered His desire to help us in times we need it the most. In other words, if God doesn't do it as we think He should, it isn't God. On that note, look at the ways God revealed Himself throughout the Word: 

-God spoke to His followers through angels.

Acts 8:26 "An angel of the Lord said to Philip..."

Acts 10:2 "An angel of the Lord came to him and said..."

Acts 12:7“The angel struck Peter on the side and woke him up ‘Hurry! Get dressed and put on your sandals.'"

-God spoke to His followers through visions.
  
Acts 9:10 “The Lord spoke to Ananias in a vision.”

-God spoke to His followers through His Holy Spirit.

Acts 13:2 “During this time the Holy Spirit said to them. ‘Set apart for me Barnabas and Saul to do a special work for which I have chosen for them.’”

-The Lord spoke to His followers directly.

Acts 23:11“The next night the Lord came and stood by Paul. He said, ‘Be brave!’”

Reflect on these verses and let God open your eyes to the fact that He did not (and does not) use just one or two ways to speak to His followers. The answer was, “Don’t limit God to your incomplete knowledge of Him.” 

We have that tendency to do that, don’t we? Pray that in this New Year God will let you experience in more than one way the power of His glory.