"Then Peter stepped forward with
the eleven other apostles..."
Taking a stand when called
upon to present a point of view can be critical to success or failure. Today, let's look at what we can do to
be known as people who are not afraid to step forward when called upon.
We all have sat in meetings where the boss says, "Who would like to
take this on?" or "Anyone want to look into this?" When the room goes
silent and everyone picks up their phones, you know that no one is
going to step forward. And then someone does and then in their minds the
rest of the people are saying to themselves, "should I have done that?"
The boss is now happy and the person who volunteered now has an
opportunity in front of him/her. What holds us back from being one who
will step forward? Sometimes it is just that we don't want the extra
work but many times it is because we are concerned that we won't succeed
or we have a failure in our history that holds us back from trying
again. We need to let the past go and allow the future to be in control
of us.
If Peter would have crawled in a cave after he denied Christ at
the foot of the cross, then he never would have lived up to his and
God's potential for him. Peter went on to be a leader and one who
stepped forward. We read in Acts 2:14; "Then Peter stepped forward with
the eleven other apostles...". Peter was a leader and he showed it by
his continued stepping forward. Today, think through where you could
step forward if you chose. Ask yourself what is holding you back? If it
is some fear of what happened in the past, then course correct today by
charting a new course...a course of stepping forward.
Reference: Acts 2:14 (New Living Testament)
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