We jumped in to Acts 23 discussing what to means to have a clear conscience. God can see to the very depths of your heart, even the dark spots. What does He see when He looks there? When you’ve actively turned from sin to pursue Jesus, you’re choosing each day, every moment to resist sin and subdue yourself to God’s will. His grace is not a permission slip to sin freely, but a true acceptance of new identity when we choose to shed our sinful nature. Paul was clearly living the convictions God had placed in his soul. While Paul receives a message from God to keep spreading the good news, there were simultaneously men that were planning his assassination. Yet in God’s great goodness, He provided a messenger to alert the commander who offered Paul a secured escape by the cover of night. After being safely delivered to the governor in Caesarea, Paul was granted safe keeping in Herod’s palace. See, even in the face of opposition, surrounded by those who may not be believers, God can still use those surrounding you to help make a way. You see, because He is God, He can and will continue to use all circumstances for His good, to accomplish His desired plan. Are you trusting in that plan or leaning more on yourself? Even when it gets uncomfortable, we can confidently trust that God is still orchestrating everything around us for His good plan. I pray that you be consumed by full faith vested in His unfailing grace.
