Daily Devotional

(Note: In our study tours of Greece, we usually trace the footsteps of the apostle Paul recorded in Acts, Chapters 16 through 18—“Paul’s Second Missionary Journey.” I invite you to join me in a series of devotionals related to that portion of Scripture. We continue today in Acts 18.)

No one needs to convince us that world is changing rapidly. Our solution is to adapt and do our very best to be ready for anything! This has always been the case for Christ’s Church! Acts 18 strikes me as a reminder that the Gospel is about reaching what a pastor-friend calls “the least, the last and the lost.” This only can be effectively done by using Spirit-led strategies that take us, like the apostle Paul, from place to place. Our mandate is not just to gather for discipleship; it is also to scatter for evangelism. All the way, we adapt our methods.

In Acts 18, as Luke recounts Paul's missionary journey to Corinth (for 18 months), Ephesus and beyond, his mind is filled with the testimonies of changed lives that came as a result of Paul’s ever-changing strategies without compromising the never-changing gospel as he called people to trust in Jesus Christ, who is "the same yesterday, today and forever." (Hebrews 13:8).

Join us in praying for wisdom to do whatever it takes to reach our hurting world that is so very isolated from our Heavenly Father. It’s time for all of all of us to get out of our “holy huddle” and on to the “line of scrimmage.”

Take some time to ponder what that might look like for you in this ever-changing season. May we all imitate Paul’s never-changing strategy—going place to place, as near and as far as possible “...demonstrating by the Scriptures that Jesus was the Christ” (Acts 18:28).
We would love to hear what creative and adaptive ways you are using to reach out to family, neighborhood, school, workplace, city, county, state, nation and our world. Please send us a note so we can join you in specific prayer. Perhaps what you are doing might encourage many others to get moving—and join you in “going for the gold.”

Philippians 3:14 - "I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus."

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