Who are you writing to?
The former account I made, O Theophilus, of all that Jesus began both to do and teach, Acts 1:1
You can write! We all can. I have been a proponent of writing for the past several years. I encourage people to journal to capture what is in their heart and thoughts. Journaling is so simple, just write scriptures that you are meditating and want to remember or the impressions you get during your quiet time with God. Write your story and the many wonderful ways you see God moving in your life. Write a note or letter to someone you care about or randomly think of. Write a text message to let someone know you are praying for them. You can even write a social media post to tell the world there is hope.
Writing helps not only the people you are sending to, but it also is for you. Writing things out reinforces them in your mind and also in your heart. Writing also gives clarity and helps you organize ideas and plans. Writing to others can inspire and motivate them to take a next step in life and writing your testimony can help you be ready to share it at any moment.
Today we are starting in the book of Acts. It is one of my most favorite books in the New Testament. Mostly because it is stories of how the first Christians started living by faith and grew in their walk with God though the power and wisdom of the Holy Spirit. Once again, Luke the physician is writing this account of the beginning of the New Testament church, He is also the only man not of the Hebrew people that wrote books in the bible, so his writing brings a different perspective than the other New Testament writers.
He started out writing to Theophilus because he wanted to reinforce the things that were taught him to let Theophilus know they were true. He said a lot of people have written things about Jesus and have been passed along from person to person, but Luke’s account was an eyewitness account of those who spent time with Jesus. His encouragement was for Theophilus, but it is also for us. Luke’s writing 2000 years ago is impacting us still today all these years later.
That brings me to my final point. Your writing will live on after you. You have the opportunity today to impact the generations of tomorrow. So start writing today at least in a journal so that your words will continue to speak the love of God long after you have left this world.
Today I want to encourage you to write! Write daily scriptures and thoughts. Write letters and messages to help others get up when they fall down. Write notes and text to tell people you love them and they are doing a great work no matter how small it may seem. Impact the world around you for years to come by writing what is on your heart today.
Today’s scripture reading: Acts 1:1-3
1 The former account I made, O Theophilus, of all that Jesus began both to do and teach,
2 until the day in which He was taken up, after He through the Holy Spirit had given commandments to the apostles whom He had chosen,
3 to whom He also presented Himself alive after His suffering by many infallible proofs, being seen by them during forty days and speaking of the things pertaining to the kingdom of God.
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