S(Acts 4:16, 17 NKJV) "...What shall we do to these men? For, indeed, that a notable miracle has been done through them is evident to all who dwell in Jerusalem, and we cannot deny it. But so it spreads no further among the people, let us severely threaten them, that from now on they speak to no man in this name."
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In this chapter, Peter and John heal a man who'd been lame from his birth. The religious leaders discussed that and decided that even though it was a miracle and even though everyone in Jerusalem knew about it, they didn't want this news to "spread" to more than everyone. To further strengthen their plan, they supposed that threatening Peter and John would somehow keep everyone else from talking about it.
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It is so ludicrous to think that people can put God in a little box with a lid, and say, "We don't want God to be big or beyond what we can handle." So we try to confine Him. With all that's happening in our world now, it's easy to hear only doom and gloom. By trying to keep God contained and controlled in a small box, on a shelf and out of the picture, there is only doom and gloom.
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Lord, but what if I allowed You to work mighty miracles through me? What if we viewed these situations as opportunities for us to trust God and let You do mighty things through us? I'm glad You're bigger than the boxes we've made for You. Nothing is too wonderful for You to do (Genesis 18:14). I believe that my hard situation could be used to change the lives and perspectives of the people around me.
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