OzThoughts – Monday, 15th June, 2009

OzThoughts – Monday, 15th June, 2009

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In today’s reading from Acts Peter meets two people. Aeneas has been paralysed for 8 years and Tabitha is dead. We read how Peter tells Aeneas that Jesus heals him, so get out of bed. Aeneas does just that and everyone sees him walking around.
Now Tabitha is also known to some of us as Dorcas. But The Message version calls her the Gazelle. (I had a secretary who had a daughter named Tabitha. Her mother used to remind her that was the same as Dorcas which could be shortened to Dorc. I imagine she would rather be known as the Gazelle).
I notice how Peter sends the mourners out of the room and he knelt and prayed. Then he speaks quietly to the Gazelle. He tells her to get up. “She opened her eyes. When she saw Peter, she sat up. He took her hand and helped her up. Then he called in the believers and widows, and presented her to them alive.”
The Holy Spirit who was available to Peter is available to us today. He gives us the power to minister. As we seek to do God’s will, where will he lead us to minister in his name and for his glory today?
[Listen: http://www.salvoaudio.com/audio/music/mus_1586.mp3 ]


Who is on the Lord's side?
Who will serve the King?
Who will be his helpers
Other lives to bring?
Who will leave the world's side?
Who will face the foe?
Who is on the Lord's side?
Who for him will go?

Chorus
By thy grand redemption,
By thy grace divine,
We are on the Lord's side;
Saviour, we are thine.

Not for weight of glory,
Not for crown and palm,
Enter we the army,
Raise the warrior psalm;
But for love that claimeth
Lives for whom he died;
He whom Jesus nameth
Must be on his side.

Jesus, thou hast bought us,
Not with gold or gem,
But with thine own life-blood
For thy diadem.
With thy blessing filling
Each who comes to thee,
Thou hast made us willing,
Thou hast made us free.

Fierce may be the conflict,
Strong may be the foe,
But the King's own army
None can overthrow.
Round his standard ranging,
Victory is secure,
For this truth unchanging
Makes the triumph sure.


Master, thou wilt keep us,
By thy grace divine.
Always on the Lord's side,
Saviour, always thine.
Author: Frances Ridley Havergal (1836-79)
The Salvation Army Song Book: Song Number: 707

Acts 9:32-43 (The Message)
32-35Peter went off on a mission to visit all the churches. In the course of his travels he arrived in Lydda and met with the believers there. He came across a man—his name was Aeneas—who had been in bed eight years paralyzed. Peter said, "Aeneas, Jesus Christ heals you. Get up and make your bed!" And he did it—jumped right out of bed. Everybody who lived in Lydda and Sharon saw him walking around and woke up to the fact that God was alive and active among them.
36-37Down the road a way in Joppa there was a disciple named Tabitha, "Gazelle" in our language. She was well-known for doing good and helping out. During the time Peter was in the area she became sick and died. Her friends prepared her body for burial and put her in a cool room.
38-40Some of the disciples had heard that Peter was visiting in nearby Lydda and sent two men to ask if he would be so kind as to come over. Peter got right up and went with them. They took him into the room where Tabitha's body was laid out. Her old friends, most of them widows, were in the room mourning. They showed Peter pieces of clothing the Gazelle had made while she was with them. Peter put the widows all out of the room. He knelt and prayed. Then he spoke directly to the body: "Tabitha, get up."
40-41She opened her eyes. When she saw Peter, she sat up. He took her hand and helped her up. Then he called in the believers and widows, and presented her to them alive.
42-43When this became known all over Joppa, many put their trust in the Master. Peter stayed on a long time in Joppa as a guest of Simon the Tanner.
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