We had a missionary guest with us over the weekend and he spoke on our response to oppression out of Acts chapter 4. I was so pleased to hear him speak and wanted to think on again his 4 main points that out line our response to oppression.
1. Submission
2. Provokes a Response to the message
3. Realize God is working behind the scenes
4. Create an opportunity to share
As I think about these things I realize that the more that I look back on my life, the more I realize that the times of greatest growth have come from times of difficulty. It seems to be that when things are easy we do not grow as individuals and we do not grow as a church body. It seems that through difficulty and trial we develop the endurance that James and Paul talk about will be a response to trials. And through enduring we develop Christ-like character by the power of the Spirit of God. And so when we face oppression we ought to realize what is really happening instead of simply responding in fear or panic!
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