Take Courage and Obey the Lord

Scripture: Acts 23:11 The following night the Lord stood near Paul and said, “Take courage! As you have testified about me in Jerusalem, so you must also testify in Rome.”

Observation: The Lord is always standing by us, comforting and strengthening us to do His will. Whatever we do in His name, we are not doing alone. Our purpose is to obey God’s will and His will is that we will share the good news and testify of His love to others. God wants none to perish and we have a responsibility to tell others of how they may obtain salvation and have eternal life with our Father.

Application: I need to be focused on my Lord and not this world. My mind is constantly going and worrying about things that don’t matter and not giving enough thought to those things that do. I need to take courage and stop being so afraid in this world and point others ahead to our eternal life with Him.

Prayer: My Lord please give me the courage I’ll need to be the servant you desire me to be. I humbly come before you asking for my orders to do your will. Please make clear what you desire of me and guide me so that I will honor you each day of the life you have given me.