Passage of the Day - November 30, 2010

Acts 9:32-43

 ³²Now as Peter was traveling through all those regions, he came down also to the saints who lived at Lydda.

 ³³There he found a man named Aeneas, who had been bedridden eight years, for he was paralyzed.

 ³⁴Peter said to him, "Aeneas, Jesus Christ heals you; get up and make your bed." Immediately he got up.

 ³⁵And all who lived at Lydda and Sharon saw him, and they turned to the Lord.

 ³⁶Now in Joppa there was a disciple named Tabitha (which translated in Greek is called Dorcas); this woman was abounding with deeds of kindness and charity which she continually did.

 ³⁷And it happened at that time that she fell sick and died; and when they had washed her body, they laid it in an upper room.

 ³⁸Since Lydda was near Joppa, the disciples, having heard that Peter was there, sent two men to him, imploring him, "Do not delay in coming to us."

 ³⁹So Peter arose and went with them. When he arrived, they brought him into the upper room; and all the widows stood beside him, weeping and showing all the tunics and garments that Dorcas used to make while she was with them.

 ⁴⁰But Peter sent them all out and knelt down and prayed, and turning to the body, he said, "Tabitha, arise." And she opened her eyes, and when she saw Peter, she sat up.

 ⁴¹And he gave her his hand and raised her up; and calling the saints and widows, he presented her alive.

 ⁴²It became known all over Joppa, and many believed in the Lord.

 ⁴³And Peter stayed many days in Joppa with a tanner named Simon.

Peter was a disciple of Christ, so he saw not only what Jesus did, but how He went about it.  He understood that Jesus was given authority over whether a man can walk or not (the paralyzed man who was let down through the roof), and that He earnestly prayed.  Peter went about using the same methods and driven by the same Spirit all the while glorifying God and Christ in the process.  Perhaps we should strive that the same can be said of us in our walk that since we were disciples of the Lord Jesus Christ we used the same methods as Him, driven by the same Holy Spirit as Him, and glorifying God and Christ in the process.