14th May, 2013
Mathias is added to the list of the 12… the account presents
us with three criteria to be worthily part of the band of ‘Apostles’. It will
do us good to look at these three criteria, and apply it to ourselves, whether
we can be counted as being part of the group of apostles. The first of the
criteria is, a personal, first-hand experience of Christ – not just what we
read from authors or heard from preachers, not merely what someone shared or
what someone else felt, but the impact of what I have experienced of Jesus, the
personal encounter that I have had with Christ. The second criterion is being a
witness to Christ before the world, specially in a world that runs madly after
wealth, ease, power, social acceptance and public image! The third is the
Choice of the Spirit – you did not choose me, no I chose you declared Jesus. It
is the Spirit who chooses, empowers and uses one as an instrument! Our
responsibility is to REMAIN, to remain in the Spirit and bear abundant fruit.