The plot, the power and perseverance
Monday, 5th week of Easter
Acts 14:5-18; Jn 14:21-26
The Jews and the non Jews together plot to get rid of the apostles but what triumphed was not the plot but the power of God. The Power of God was more and more getting manifest in the life and works of the apostles and they were bearing an unimaginable witness to the Christ-experience.
What did the apostles do to acquire such power as to stand before the authorities and systems which seemed so frightening earlier - it was due to their perseverance. They were threatened, they were beaten up, they were arrested and they were flogged, but nothing could stop them for living their life for the Lord and for the Lord's message.
The plots will abound even in our life, but if we are strong in our mind and heart, these plots will be overcome by the power of the Lord, invested within me by the Lord. Make us strong O Lord.