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In today’s reading the big thing that stood out to me was Peter’s reaction to Lord’s command to eat “unclean animals”. Peter’s response is in Acts 10:14, “Surely not, Lord!” Peter replied. “I have never eaten anything impure or unclean.” This is what we try to do for God. We freely give the things that matter little to Him, but what He really wants is our obedience to His calling. We feel that as long as we give God something, then we are free to not give Him the things he really wants from us, which is a willingness to give anything and everything He asks for. He doesn’t want our silly sacrifices, He wants our entire sacrifice of obedience to Him. We must be open to it all.
Daily Devotion 
“While Peter was still speaking, the Holy Spirit took control of everyone who was listening.”
I love that verse. Yes, Peter was talking, but it was the Holy Spirit who did the work. We can’t ever forget that. We aren’t selling a commodity. It is not our job to brow beat people. It is our job to tell the story. Peter was telling the story of Jesus. That’s all. The Holy Spirit did the rest.
The conductor I’m working with right now said something to me that not only applies to singing, but to life in general. When we try to be profound, it will almost always fall flat. In opera, if you are trying to be profound, trying to make the audience feel a certain way, it usually won’t work. It’s when you just tell the story and allow the power of the story to do it’s work that it becomes profound.
We have the most profound story in the history of the world. We don’t have to add to it. We just share it. Let the profundity of it just be and let the Holy Spirit do his work.
Awesome thought! Thanks Sarah!