Are there people in your life that have a tremendous impact and influence on you?  You know the kind of people that just make you a little bit better when you spend time with them.  Jesus certainly had that effect on others and He continues to do so today.  Let’s look at another incident with Peter and John found in Acts 4 together today.

Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said to them: “Rulers and elders of the people! 9 If we are being called to account today for an act of kindness shown to a man who was lame and are being asked how he was healed, 10 then know this, you and all the people of Israel: It is by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom you crucified but whom God raised from the dead, that this man stands before you healed. 11 Jesus is “‘the stone you builders rejected, which has become the cornerstone.’ 12 Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to mankind by which we must be saved.”13 When they saw the courage of Peter and John and realized that they were unschooled, ordinary men, they were astonished and they took note that these men had been with Jesus.

I love the very last line – they took note that these men had been with Jesus.  They noticed that Jesus had clearly made an impact in the lives of Peter and John after all they were ordinary unschooled men.  The influence of Jesus was leading them to do extraordinary things.   My prayer for all of us is that the world might also notice the impact of Jesus in all of our lives.  People might notice that we have been with Him.  That Jesus has so rubbed off on our lives that we start to speak and act like He did.  The best way for this to happen is by spending time with Him in prayer and in the Word. 

In His Grip,
Pastor Dave