Sometimes the Holy Spirit will communicate a truth to us by having the same Bible verse brought to our attention from a number of different sources.
A verse has been on my mind lately, then Preacher Mike used it in his sermon on Sunday, and today it again came up in a very unusual way.
I have a habit of buying replica swords from time to time. After a while, I got so many that I began giving them away. So I started a tradition. When I buy a new sword, I give away the old one.
I had given my last sword, a Gladiator sword, to a co-worker. He had it for a week or so, and then he noticed that I had a Bible verse reference scraped into the blade. What was the verse? You guessed it, the very same verse.
So today he "happened" to send me an instant message, referencing the verse, saying it was a fitting one to have on a sword. This is the Holy Spirit at work.
Here is the verse,
"I am sending you to them to open their eyes and turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan to God, so that they may receive forgiveness of sins and a place among those who are sanctified by faith in me." Acts 26:18 (NIV)
This was Jesus' words to Paul, and I believe they are his words for us all today.
The next step is to pray about how we can take up this charge.
Love God, love others, do something about it.
