If you're not familiar with the book of acts then I'd definitely suggest taking a quick glance at it, but in the meantime here's a verse that always makes my imagination wander. They devoted themselves to the apostles' teaching and to fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer. (Acts 2:42)
Being devoted to this teaching of the gospel was much more than merely doing devotions. It was a lifestyle shift. These people were leaving what they knew, or thought they knew, about God and clinging to something radical and different. This new teaching was something that smacked their former belief structure in the face. It was crazy and it potentially could have made these people uncool in the eyes of their friends and families. But they were devoted. They were ALL IN as we might say today. They held nothing back. For them it was all or nothing and they chose all!
But not only did they study together. They also prayed, ate, and hung out together. I've seen some great church potlucks in my day but none that rival what is referred to here in this verse. This was a regular thing for them. They did this all the time, not just at church but all the time. They loved each other. And they loved being with each other.
Just imagine what would happen if we would start to look like this again. Just imagine what would happen if the sleeping giant would wake up. What would happen if the church would live as the church was originally designed to live? It's time to get sold out on the message of Christ. It's time to hold nothing back! It's time to go all in!
Lord, help us this week to live all in for you. Amen.
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