Acts 18:5

Paul was compelled by the Spirit and testified to the Jews that Jesus is the Christ. Acts 18:5 NKJV

He was compelled by the Spirit.

Compel - to drive or urge forcefully or irresistibly; to cause to do by overwhelming pressure

• He didn't do it on his own.
• He was nudged to do it.
• He didn't do it alone.
• He was filled by the Holy Spirit.
• Just because he was pressured didn't mean he had to act on that pressure.

He testified.

Testify - to bear witness to, attest, to affirm to be true or genuine

• He acted.
• He listened to the guidance of the Holy Spirit and followed the suggestion.
• He told others what he had actually witnessed.
• He had a personal conviction of truth.

Jesus is the Christ.

• Jesus is the Messiah - the expected king and deliverer of the Jews
• Jesus is the Savior.
• Jesus is the Son of God.
• Jesus is the fulfillment of the prophesies.
• Jesus is the one that the Jews were waiting for and didn't realize it, so when they opposed and insulted him, Paul said he was going to go tell the Gentiles. (Acts 18:6)

If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit. Galatians 5:25

There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus, who do not walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit. Romans 8:1

Dear Lord, please help me to walk in the Spirit and not in the flesh. Thank you Jesus. Amen. 

The Unknown God

"His purpose was for the nations to seek after God and perhaps feel their way toward him and find him - though he is not far from any of us. For in him we live and move and exist... We are his offspring." Acts 17:27-31

One of their altars had the inscription, "To an Unknown God." This God, whom you worship without knowing, is the one I'm telling you about. Acts 17:23

Even the people who don't know him, know that he's there. 

He created us so that we would seek for him and so that we would find him. 

All humans come from one blood - Adam, and the breath of life that God breathed into Adam. We are all brothers and sisters as children of our Creator. 

God is so big that we can't fathom it, but we live and move and have our being in Him.

God loves all of his creation. 

God doesn't need anything, but He wants us to seek Him and find Him. 

When you love someone, you want to spend time with them. 

When you love someone, you hope that they love you in return.

When you love someone, you hope that want to spend time with you as well.

To seek and to find infers a process, a hunt, or a journey, like going on an adventure to find a lost treasure.

I'm guessing that since we are all different, we will all have different journeys or paths to take, just like there are several roads to take to get from point A to point B. Some will take shortcuts and others will take the scenic route, so we will all have different obstacles to face along the way.

So, brothers and sisters, we need to give each other grace as we are all on our different treasure hunts facing different challenges along the way. 

My identity is not as a wife, a mother, a leader, a teacher, a singer, a student, a worker, a counselor... 

My identity is being a child of God. My identity is in Jesus Christ, my Lord and Savior.

I love you God! Thank you Jesus!