According to the grace of God which was given to me, like a wise master builder I laid a foundation, and another is building on it. But each man must be careful how he builds on it.
1 Corinthians 3:10 [NIV]
And coming to Him as to a living stone which has been rejected by men, but is choice and precious in the sight of God, you also, as living stones, are being built up as a spiritual house for a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.
1 Peter 2:4-5 [NIV]
In his preface to his book “The Young Church in Action”, J.P Philips writes:
“Perhaps because in their very simplicity, perhaps because of their readiness to believe, to obey, to give, to suffer, and if need be to die, the Spirit of God found what surely He must always be seeking - a fellowship of men and women so united in love and faith that He can work in them and through them with the minimum of let or hindrance. Consequently it is a matter of sober historical fact that never before has any small body of ordinary people so moved the world that their enemies could say, with tears of rage in their eyes, that these men ‘have turned the world upside down’! (Acts 17:6)”
What more can we add, the simple profound message is that the Holy Spirit can use a small body of ordinary people, united in love, founded on Jesus, to turn the world upside down.
Father – Teach us to be a fellowship of men and women so united in love and faith that your Holy Spirit can work though us.
Guy Mowbray
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