Stephen knew, when he stood before the Sanhedrin, that this was serious. He knew that he could be condemned to death. Was he afraid? Probably (let’s not pedestal this man too much). But there was something that concerned Stephen more than being condemned to death by these people. He never wanted to go against what God was doing as they were. He could not bear to live without God. He wanted to live and walk with God or not at all. At this point Stephen had a choice to make: “Do I go to the Sanhedrin with God and say what God is saying or not?” If he went in with God he knew that he could be condemned because he knew that they were hostile toward what God was saying to them. But his resolve was: “I’m going in there with God.” If only our resolve was the same. If only we would resolve, when we go into work or school or anywhere, that we would either go with God or not at all. Sometimes it’s as though we visit God on Sundays at church and then we go about our lives on our own with barely a mention of whom we visit on Sundays. But God doesn’t want you to just ‘visit’ him at church on Sundays, he wants to be with you and work through you in every situation. He has prepared the very path that you walk on and he has prepared things for you to do. So, the question remains: Will you go in with God or not? Ask yourself that question in every situation you face today.
Pray that God would make you more aware of the opportunities you have to represent him today.
Read Acts 6 and 7
