Christian Devotional – December 17, 2024

Take Action, Day 5

Taking credit. Read Acts chapter 5.

After all of the amazing movements of God from the last chapters, this chapter starts out much differently. We still see God moving but in a different way than expected. People are being drawn to everything that God is doing, but unfortunately one couple decides to lie about their motivation to do things.

I find it interesting that no one was being forced to sell their possessions. No one was being told they had to give, and yet these two decided to sell something and give the money to the church. The problem was they decided to keep some of the money for themselves, but tell the church that they were giving all of it.

As we read, we see that it really didn’t look like it would have been a problem if they would have kept some of it, as long as they were honest about what they were doing. Instead they wanted to look good and have the appearance that suggested one thing instead of the reality and truth of the situation.

We are to take action. God tells us that we are to take action. However, our action must be done with pure motives and integrity. If we are lacking in those areas then our action is actually disobedience. As we think about the actions that we are taking today, are we doing them with right motives? Are we being honest with ourselves and others about our motivation. We must take action with integrity today.

Video devotional here: https://youtu.be/GIb1gbTyUPA