Re:Verse reading–Acts 4:1-22 (day three)
“We cannot help speaking about what we have seen and heard.” When Jesus would instruct people to say nothing about the healing they received from him, he did so because he knew how such things could be misunderstood, or how the healed persons could be exploited. He taught them to speak with words that would illuminate, not manipulate. The disciples learned this lesson well. There is not a hint of ambition in their words or deeds. The truly courageous and transformative social movements in history—those that have spoken truth to power and have freed the captive—have been spiritual in nature. They have arisen as people bend to the mission of God among us to expose and set right and to announce forgiveness and grace. May our words come from that same place.
