Acts 2:46
Every day they continued to meet together in the temple courts. They broke bread in their homes and ate together with glad and sincere hearts.
Scripture Insights
This scripture is heavy with the truth of a transformed nature in Christ. How strange to ponder this passage and stumble over these words: “They continued to meet together. . . . They broke bread in their homes . . . [they] ate together with glad and sincere hearts.” People who once did not get along are now inviting others to share a meal, to share bread, and to fellowship together. I hear this verse saying that once the service ended, people invited each other home for continued fellowship “with glad and sincere hearts.”
They were glad—cheerful, happy, smiling; they were sincere—trustworthy, genuine, without pretense, real, authentic.
I often recall a phone call I received from an older gentleman who had just been baptized. The first thing he said was, “What have you done to me?” “What do you mean?” I said. He told me that he liked sitting on the back porch to shoot the birds out of his fruit trees and that now, since he was baptized, his heart hurt just thinking about it. He had been transformed in Christ; he was becoming a Christlike disciple.
Today’s Prayer
Father, move in my heart and life today, allowing your kingdom to come and your will be done in my heart as it is in heaven. Remove whatever is in the way so that people see Christ, not me.
—Mark Collins
National Director of the Church of the Nazarene in Canada (Ontario)
