Kill and Eat
And a voice came to him, “Rise, Peter; kill and eat.” But Peter said, “Not so, Lord! For I have never eaten anything common or unclean.” And a voice spoke to him again the second time, “What God has cleansed you must not call common.” This was done three times. (Acts10: 13-16a) God works in us in ways we cannot foresee. If we are spirit-filled, we are responding to His call to go where we would not have gone, love those we once cared nothing for, forgive those who hurt us most, and give what we would keep. That is when the Holy Spirit is having His way with us. God was sending Peter, a Jew, to a place would never have gone, and to minister the Gospel to people he did not think God even cared for. Peter’s obedience would make a way for those lost in ignorance and sin to enter the Kingdom of God, because he obeyed God in the Spirit. I encourage you to trust God like Peter did. He did not resist the Holy Spirit — he simply said, “Yes.” You, too, must obey Him, even when...