Are we making the most of our Opportunities?

I have been going over Acts with my high school small group lately. It has been very encouraging seeing how the first church was formed and the leadership that Peter and the others have shown.

The main idea (in the beginning of the book) that keeps coming to me, especially with Good Friday and Easter here, is how these believers made the most out of their opportunities.

Read Acts 2:14-4:23

I know it is long passage, but ask yourself these questions:
1. What opportunities did the believers have to share about Christ?
2. What did they do about the opportunity they had?
3. What was the result?

I can identify at least 3 opportunities.
1. When the Holy Spirit came upon then.
2. When the crippled as for money
3. When the crowd gathered to see the healed crippled

Each time that an opportunity presented itself before the believers, someone stepped up and shared about Christ.

Challenge

So, what do you do with the opportunities that are there before you? Do they pass by with no action or do you seize the opportunity and present Christ?

I'm not saying that you have to get on your soapbox and share Christ with everyone in the halls. No - in fact, you probably don't want to do that. You may not get too many good responses.

What I am saying is that if you honestly look around you, you will see that there are many opportunities each day. If you are having trouble identifying them, ask God for help. He will show you opportunities. Then, it will be our job to act on those opportunities.

Back the the Acts passage. After Peter and the others acted on those opportunities, what was the result of their actions? Numbers were added! MORE PEOPLE BECAME BELIEVERS!

God will bless you and others when you act on the opportunities that are before you. I don't know about you, but I have spent too much time on the sidelines watching opportunities go by. This week, let's look for and act!