Acts 16:27-28
27 When the jailer woke and saw that the prison doors were open, he drew his sword and was about to kill himself, supposing that the prisoners had escaped. 28 But Paul cried with a loud voice, “Do not harm yourself, for we are all here.”
Why suffer for someone else to get Jesus? In this story, one of Jesus’ followers went to a town he’d never been to before to tell about Jesus. Against all odds, he saw people start to follow Jesus and even cast a demon out of a little slave girl! The town, in response, hauled him before judges, stripped and beat him, then threw him into jail. God responds by sending an earthquake that breaks the jail open leaving a perfect escape route and even still, this Jesus follower stayed put in the hope of seeing the jailor become a Christian.
What could possibly motivate that kind of suffering on behalf of another? Why would one of Jesus’ followers go through that for another? Because he truly followed Jesus. All this guy did was follow through with the example he saw in his Lord. Jesus suffered, going all the way below prison to death itself to see us freed. Where can we follow His example today?
Prayer prompt: Lord, please grow in me a love that will go anywhere for those You want to save.
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