To what are you devoted?

What is it that keeps you going?

What is the center of your life?

What is the thing that is the focus of your life?

I love this passage of scripture from Acts 2:42-47. There are many congregations that claim to be an Acts 2:42 congregation.  They devote themselves to the apostles teaching and fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer…  This is a wonderful thing to devote yourself to…

Verse 42 tells us to what the early gathering of believers was devoted to, and verses 43-47 tell us what happened because of the devotion of verse 42. The early gathering was devoted to the teaching of the apostles, to being together in fellowship, to breaking bread (eating together and celebrating communion) and to prayer, and because of this awe filled them. All gave what they had and everything was held in common by the apostles. No one horded their belongings they gave them up! And anyone who was in need was taken care of because there was no selfishness or hording of what is mine. They spent time together in temple and ate together and was joyous about it all. And God added to their numbers daily!

I love that last line. You see, we can not bring anyone to God. We can only live the way God and Jesus have asked us to live. We need to be a disciple of Jesus, and live together will all people in fellowship, and give to them as God gave to us and break bread together, worship together, and pray together.  When we do these things God will add to our numbers.  We can not have great programs and wow factor and bring people to God.  It won’t happen. Acts 2:47 is clear that God does the addition! God brings the people, through them seeing how we live.

So to what are you devoted? And what does you life point people to?