Standing up, Paul gestured with his hand and said, “Fellow Israelites and Gentile God-worshippers, please listen to me. The God of this people Israel chose our ancestors. God made them a great people while they lived as strangers in the land of Egypt. With his great power, he led them out of that country. For about forty years, God put up with them in the wilderness. God conquered seven nations in the land of Canaan and gave the Israelites their land as an inheritance. This happened over a period of about four hundred fifty years. “After this, he gave them judges until the time of the prophet Samuel. The Israelites requested a king, so God gave them Saul, Kish’s son, from the tribe of Benjamin, and he served as their king for forty years. After God removed him, he raised up David to be their king. God testified concerning him, ‘I have found David, Jesse’s son, a man who shares my desires. Whatever my will is, he will do.’ From this man’s descendants, God brought to Israel a savior, Jesus, just as he promised. Before Jesus’ appearance, John proclaimed to all the Israelites a baptism to show they were changing their hearts and lives. As John was completing his mission, he said, ‘Who do you think I am? I’m not the one you think I am, but he is coming after me. I’m not worthy to loosen his sandals.’ (Acts 13:16-25, CEB)
The bible is merely a story. His Story. But not only His Story, your story.
Paul is seen in Acts and in his letters telling the story of the Hebrew Scriptures, and of stories of the gospels. Paul tells the story so people will know who Jesus is and that he was foretold for a long time before he was born. We should learn this story not just so we know who Jesus is, but so we know our story.
This is our story, our history.
We are a part of the family of God and so Jesus’ story is part of our story.
Know who you are. Know whose you are.
Love like Jesus.
Loving People. Loving God.
aSacredRebel 
I like this but I’d like it even better if you’d consider using inclusive language for God. God’s story, not His story. It took me a while in seminary to get used to inclusive language but now it’s hard to read otherwise. I like to say that if we have to pick a pronoun for God, let’s go with ‘they’.
Thanks for your words, Jerry!
Yes. Sorry. When I was writing this I was specifically thinking of Jesus and Jesus’ story. That was my reason for using His story. But you are correct and I try to use inclusive language.
Oh, I read it again. I see your point. He is a perfect pronoun for Jesus. Maybe I hadn’t had enough coffee before reading! You can ignore my comment; you were correct ! Thanks again for writing!
Please correct me when you see. We are all growing and becoming who God made us to be!