"The next day...Peter went up on the housetop to pray.....[Then] he fell into a trance and saw the heavens opened and an object...descending to him....and a voice came to him, 'Rise, Peter, kill and eat....What God has cleansed you must not call common.' ....This happened three times."
Acts 10:9-11, 13, 15, 16
Peter's vision about unclean food had nothing to do with his dietary habits, but everything to do with his esteem for other people. The Jews, as God's chosen people, had low regard for the Gentiles whom they did not think worthy of the Gospel. God showed Peter that the Gospel was for everyone. Peter, like me, was dense, and God had to explain this three times. There is no room for elitism in the Kingdom. Can a savage in the jungle really know God like I know Him? Or a murderer on death row? Or a Lutheran or Presbyterian? After all, I'm Spirit-filled! What a bad perception. In God's eyes, we are all just cleansed sinners, which makes us all uncommon.
Today's Thought: There are no levels of status in God's Kingdom – just cleansed.
Have an "uncommon" day. Love you.
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