Last
Wednesday night I began teaching Erica Wiggenhorn’s study An Unexplainable
Life, which is a study on the first half of Acts. I’m so excited to work through
this book (both the study book and the book of the Bible) with the ladies this
year!
One of the things we talked
about heavily last week was from the very first sentence in Acts: “In the first
book, O Theophilus, I have dealt with all that Jesus began to do and
teach…” We talked about how Jesus began to do and teach and then He passed the
baton to his disciples/the apostles. They passed it to the generation behind
them and on down the work has come and now it has reached us. (And yes, the
ladies each received a baton to remind them to carry on the good work!)
I love beginnings. I love them
so much. New Year’s Day is one of my favorite holidays. Birthdays signify a new
year of life. Anniversaries show the beginning of a new year of marriage or work
or whatever. Fresh starts. Blank pages. New hope. New ideas. I love all of it.
So for me, reading that Jesus
BEGAN a work and then reading about the forthcoming power of the Holy Spirit to
enable the people to continue, brought great excitement.
God and I have had many new
beginnings over the years.
There was THE beginning, when I chose
to follow Him when I was six years old. There was a recommitment when I was
eleven and got serious about a growing, thriving relationship with Him. There were
two distinct moments when my faith was heavily shaken, and I had to choose to
keep going. The first came when I was eighteen and the second in my early
thirties. There was the moment I accepted a call to ministry. And I am choosing
to believe that as I step into this study on Acts (even though I’ve been
through it before!) this is a fresh beginning for something God wants to do in
my life.
I am excited to see how He moves
over these next 100+ days of study!
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