Are You Seizing the Moment?

And all the people saw him walking and praising God (Acts 3:9 NKJV).

There is nothing more inspiring than to see a fresh work of God’s Spirit in the manifestation of a miracle and praise.  And the verse says that ALL the people saw him.  It is mind boggling to consider the ramifications of this one act of spontaneous faith by Peter and John.  And it happened because Peter and John seized the moment of opportunity that the Holy Spirit presented to them with the lame man.  And because the lame man seized the moment of opportunity when Peter and John presented Jesus to him, ALL the people are now given an opportunity to seize their own moments, and for those who do, they will continue the chain of opportunity.

This ripple effect is true in our life as well.  As we stay in tune with God’s Spirit, when He opens a door of opportunity, we will be less likely to miss the call of our eternal mission.  But we need to remember that what hangs in the balance of us being on the same page as Jesus is not necessarily the one act of faith that God is asking us to initiate, but the many lives that will be affected after the fact when others can see the clear manifestation of our faith.  What a beautiful demonstration of the verse we all love to quote when it comes to this topic: 

Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen (Hebrews 11:1 NKJV).

We hope that the Word of God is true and when we see tangible evidence of that hope as we step out in faith, it is like peering through a window into an invisible world and it brings an uncontrollable urge to praise God.

Today I will seize every moment that the Holy Spirit gives me to throw a stone of faith into the pond of someone else’s world so that I can set into motion a ripple effect resulting in praise to God.