Acts 9: 32-35 Peter - what are you doing?

Good morning all. God is good all the time, all the time God is good.  TOO BLESSED TO COMPLAIN!!

  So, Saul went back to Jerusalem, the disciples were fearful of him, UNTIL, they heard him preach the word of Jesus Christ the Messiah.  Yes, this would be a big BIG HUH??

As Gomer Pyle would say, "surprise, surprise, surprise."  Saul is now off to a new world he would never have dreamed about.  Verse 32 takes us to Peter.

  Acts 9: ³² And it came to pass, as Peter passed throughout all quarters, he came down also to the saints which dwelt at Lydda.   The last we heard of Peter was in Acts 8:25 when he and John returned from Samaria.  Peter seems to have been ministering to the Christian communities of Judea.  He travels to Lydda, a city in ancient Philistine country, to minister to a Christian congregation there.  One of the believers of "The Way" was a man named Aeneas.  ³³ And there he found a certain man named Aeneas, which had kept his bed eight years, and was sick of the palsy.   When Peter came upon this man he spoke saying:           Acts 9:³⁴ And Peter said unto him, Aeneas, Jesus Christ maketh thee whole: arise, and make thy bed. And he arose immediately.³⁵ And all that dwelt at Lydda and Saron saw him, and turned to the Lord.

  Peter, being full of faith, had no problem saying this to Aeneas.  Why did this happen?  All we do should bring honor and glory to God.  Peter was filled with the Holy Spirit, walking with God each step of each moment of each day, and being in tune with God he knew what God wanted him to do.

  After Aeneas was healed notice what happened----- "all that dwelt at Lydda and Saron did what????????   They turned to the LORD.  This was in a plan of God and the miracle worked to change peoples hearts.  Wow!!

    So, why can't we just go into hospitals and heal each person?  The question that would rest here is:  Would this bring glory to God or.....to YOU??  Yep, God knows what is to be done at the exact moment.  We have to be open to be the messenger that God wants us to be at the time HE dictates.  Are you open to God?  Be still and know that I AM!!

  Peter is going to continue on. As he is in Lydda, well, let us do this tomorrow.  Have a GOD filled day. Love you all.

In Christ's Love and Grace