I told you yesterday that God was wanting full surrender from me which looks like trusting Him completely with the service for the kids in the correctional center next Sunday.  In my devotionals this morning I was continuing to read in Acts chapters 3-5.  Here Peter and John heal the crippled man who was asking for money.  Peter’s message to him was that they had no silver or gold, but what they had was the power to heal through Jesus Christ.  He was then healed of his infirmity.   The people were astounded and many more believed in Jesus Christ resulting from this even though the leaders arrested Peter and John for it.  I don’t intend to retell this story of truth, but God wanted me to glean something significant from it.  This message of Jesus Christ being the Savior of the world and being the One who gives the Gift of the Holy Spirit is for everyone. 

This morning God wanted me to know that the message our quartet brings to the teens at the correctional center is for everyone of them.  We are bringing the message primarily through songs and some words of testimony from each of us, but the message is for all.  God reinforced the fact for me that I needed to be free to give the message and that He would do all the rest.  He is already working in the hearts of man–his creation.  He created all of us to have that yearning for a spiritual connection.  Our role is to define that spiritual connection as Jesus Christ.  I don’t need to worry–I need to be obedient.  The Holy Spirit, if I am obedient, will be the motivator and the message.  I will be the vessel used to deliver it along with the others in our quartet.

This isn’t new information, but it is finally clear to me that God WANTS me to give this message.  His work in my life He wants me telling and using for His Glory and Honor.  I’ve always been timid inside about this fearing it would cause the loss of friendship and my career as well as my marriage and family relationships.  But, God has proven that wrong over and over.

The meeting with the young man yesterday afternoon went well.  He is broken and wants badly to be healthy and stay healthy.  He is taking steps to find work and live in a healthy environment.  Praise the Lord.