
But Peter, standing with the eleven, raised his voice and addressed them, "Men of Judea and all who live in Jerusalem, let this be known to you, and listen to what I say. (Acts 2:14)
George Labovitz and Victor Rosansky wrote a business book entitled The Power of Alignment. In it they propose that once a business has the proper “alignment” i.e. the proper relationship between strategy, processes, people, and customers, it will maximize operations and profit. In the Bible, Peter when on his own, denies Jesus three times (Mark 14:69-72) The third time he even adds a swear word to bring authenticity and greater believability to his denial. However, in the relatively short period between the crucifixion of Jesus and His resurrection, Peter somehow becomes sufficiently convinced and strengthened to boldly claim his relationship with Jesus and publicly preach the gospel. As the authors of the Power of Alignment talk about “alignment” they describe a complicated process by likening it to landing a plane where air speed, altitude, angle of approach, wind speed, direction and a host of other things affect how the pilot must adjust the plane. For the Christian alignment simply means connecting to the power of Jesus Christ through the Holy Spirit.
After Peter and the Disciples encounter the Holy Spirit in the upper room on the Day of Pentecost everything changes. They are now in proper alignment and they no longer are thinking about self preservation or the opposition of the crowd. Now they see souls that need to be saved. Now they see the opportunity to spread the Good News. Now they see work that needs to be done. Now they are in agreement about the job at hand. Everything becomes clear as we focus on prayer and are properly aligned to God, through Christ, by the power of the Holy Spirit. As Christians, we must always understand that God cannot be pulled into service for us that we rather must be aligned to service for God.
Today consider the impact of your activity. Are you falling short of accomplishing the tasks you set out to do? Are you finding yourself angry to the point of pointing fingers at others? Do you find yourself ready to quit and do something else? Check your alignment with God through prayer.
George Labovitz and Victor Rosansky wrote a business book entitled The Power of Alignment. In it they propose that once a business has the proper “alignment” i.e. the proper relationship between strategy, processes, people, and customers, it will maximize operations and profit. In the Bible, Peter when on his own, denies Jesus three times (Mark 14:69-72) The third time he even adds a swear word to bring authenticity and greater believability to his denial. However, in the relatively short period between the crucifixion of Jesus and His resurrection, Peter somehow becomes sufficiently convinced and strengthened to boldly claim his relationship with Jesus and publicly preach the gospel. As the authors of the Power of Alignment talk about “alignment” they describe a complicated process by likening it to landing a plane where air speed, altitude, angle of approach, wind speed, direction and a host of other things affect how the pilot must adjust the plane. For the Christian alignment simply means connecting to the power of Jesus Christ through the Holy Spirit.
After Peter and the Disciples encounter the Holy Spirit in the upper room on the Day of Pentecost everything changes. They are now in proper alignment and they no longer are thinking about self preservation or the opposition of the crowd. Now they see souls that need to be saved. Now they see the opportunity to spread the Good News. Now they see work that needs to be done. Now they are in agreement about the job at hand. Everything becomes clear as we focus on prayer and are properly aligned to God, through Christ, by the power of the Holy Spirit. As Christians, we must always understand that God cannot be pulled into service for us that we rather must be aligned to service for God.
Today consider the impact of your activity. Are you falling short of accomplishing the tasks you set out to do? Are you finding yourself angry to the point of pointing fingers at others? Do you find yourself ready to quit and do something else? Check your alignment with God through prayer.
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