This Will Move You!
"But none of these things move me; nor do I count my life
dear to myself, so that I may finish my race with joy, and
the ministry which I received from the Lord Jesus, to
testify to the gospel of the grace of God."
Acts 20: 24
The great gift of humankind is the ability to be moved, to be inspired,
by art, music, people, architecture, nature, poetry, acting, and more.
But we're also inspired by fear. Godly motivations move
us to dream big; unwise motivations inspire us to retreat.
The apostle Paul said something profound in today’s Scripture
reading: “But none of these things move me.” He was talking
about fears of persecution from those who opposed his ministry
in Jerusalem. But he wasn’t “moved” by their threats, or, more
generally, anything that mightbefall him in the future.
Why? Because he didn’t count his life dear to himself.
That is, he viewed his life as belonging to God, not to
himself (1 Corinthians 6:19-20).Paul was moved by
one
thing: “the ministry which [he] received from the Lord
Jesus, to testify to the gospel of the grace of God.”
The greater our God-given dream, our vision, our ministry,
the less we will be moved by the things of this world.
"Whatever moves the
heart wags the tongue."
C. T. Studd
