Have you ever tried to be someone you’re not?
How’s that been working for you?
Acts 2:47 (NLT)
“For God said to Abraham, ‘Through your descendants all the families on earth will be blessed.’" Acts 3:26 (NLT)
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If you take a cue tip and then take a swab of your saliva and then send it in to the National Geographic Magazine, they will analyze it and trace your biological ancestry back to its origination somewhere on the planet. I really wanted to do this but Kathy wouldn’t let me.
But I do know my spiritual DNA. I got this DNA when I cast my lot with Jesus. At that point the Holy Spirit that was given to/awakened in me made me a spiritual descendent of Jesus, who was a biological descendent of Abraham. I am not just an “honorary Jew,” I’m actually the real deal. I’ve been birthed into the blood line of Jesus, and therefore Abraham, themselves!!!!!! I like knowing this very, very much.
This means that I have the spiritual DNA that was given to Abraham by God way back in Genesis 12:2 which Peter cites in today’s passage.
In short, I, and you, if you have become a believer, are built to be a blessing to other people. That’s your fundamental genetic code!!!
Have you ever tried to be someone you’re not? How’s that been working for you? Not to well? Here’s a suggestion. Find some way each day to bless someone, somehow, in some way. See how that works for you. It’s your spiritual bloodline, it’s what you were built for, it’s being true to yourself, it’s the destiny of your spiritually altered genes!
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Interesting. That must be the tie-in for all the things that happen to me because, invariably, someone will tell me that I am a blessing to them.
ReplyDeleteThank you Pastor Jeff!! You are a blessing to me everyday through your Reflections. It also lets me know if I am on the right or the wrong path. God Bless you!!
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