Scripture: Therefore, friends, select from among yourselves seven men of good standing, full of the Spirit and of wisdom, whom we may appoint to this task, while we, for our part, will devote ourselves to prayer and to serving the word.’ (Acts 6:3-4).
Observation: The Church of Acts, here, realized at least two areas: the needs of the community of faith; and, that God has a call for each of us. The call of the apostolic leaders included to preach the rule of God, and teach the community of faith how to follow Jesus, to serve the sacraments of baptism and Holy Communion, and to oversee the ordered life to the church. In the United Methodist Church these are called "elders". The Acts Church also had what is part of the Scriptural foundation for deacons -- those who serve in areas such as congregational care, music, worship, church business administration, teaching, and other forms of servanthood. In this specific scripture lesson these are those who are "full of the Spirit and wisdom, whom we may appoint to this task" of caring for those who had lost loved ones.
Application: Realization that each of us have specific calls from God.
Prayer: Lord God, thank you for the call or purpose(s) you have for each of us.
Yield: I will yield to God's call on me today. To help verify that call I wills see what makes me the most uncomfortable to do for from my own experience God calls me into actions that are good but which may well make me uncomfortable.
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