
Acts 3:4-7 And Peter directed his
gaze at him, as did John, and said, “Look at us.” 5 And he fixed his attention on them, expecting to receive something
from them. 6 But Peter said, “I have no silver and gold, but what I do have I
give to you. In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, rise up and walk!” 7 And he took him by the
right hand and raised him up, and immediately his feet and ankles were made
strong.
The day is a typical day, there is really nothing
out of the ordinary going on, the time is 3:00p.m. and Peter and John are
headed to the Temple to pray. Their day is just as busy as ours, and they probably
have a to-do a mile long on their ‘I-Scroll.’ It’s on this normal day, that the
spectacular happens; and I believe that Peter and John made a few choices that
allowed God to use them in tremendous ways.
They Chose To Be At The Right Place.
They Chose To Be At The Right Place.
Peter and John were headed to the Temple to pray. I
wonder if it could have been that Peter just did not really want to go to the
temple on this particular day. Could have been that John had so many
obligations in his life that it just didn’t seem necessary to make the journey
just to pray? I wonder if Peter thought about calling John up to cancel their
little outing for the afternoon. We may not know the answer to these questions,
all we know is that at the ‘Time of Prayer,’ Peter and John were going to be
found in the Temple. They were at the place that the Lord desired them to be.
They were not too busy, or too important, or too obligated to follow the will
of the Lord. It very well could be that the first step in us being used by God
is to be at the right place. Stop calling all the shots in your life, and allow
God to use you! Most people are so busy that they are running around like a
chicken with their head cut off, and they leave no time for the Lord.
They Expected God to Use Them!
They Expected God to Use Them!

What happens next? The man went into the Temple and began to jump up and
down praising God. When the people saw this they realized that this was the
same man they had seen outside the Temple begging day after day, this is the
same man that has never walked before, and they were amazed. After this Peter and John began to preach to
these religious folks, and over a thousand were saved.
Do you want to be used by God today? Maye it’s
pretty simple, be at the right place,
expect God to use you, and trust
Him.