Acts 10:3 “About the ninth hour of the day he clearly saw in a vision an angel of God who had just come in and said to him, ‘Cornelius!’”

HUMILITY

This verse may seem to just be a verse about another angel appearance, but don’t believe that. This verse marks the opening of the Gospel to the Gentiles. If the Lord had not sent an angel to Cornelius who instructed him to send for Peter, it would have been years, maybe even generations, before the Gospel was shared with the Gentile world. Peter, the lead disciple at that time, realized the Lord had given the believers a new direction.

I love Cornelius’ response. He was humbled at the appearance of the angel and Peter. He was a powerful, important leader in the Roman army, but he recognized true power and bowed in its presence. He had a servant’s heart. I have to believe after Peter left that the Lord used Cornelius to spread the good news of Jesus to his soldiers and neighbors.

TEACHING MOMENT

Our children must learn that God can use anyone who is surrendered to Him. Perhaps the Lord is preparing your child right now under your leadership to be the next Billy Graham. Now that’s scary, isn’t it? That’s a lot of responsibility. God has asked you to mold little Bubba, Jr. into a spiritual leader for the world.

So how is that going? What are you doing to accomplish that task? I bet Peter didn’t think he would be asked to go to a Roman commander’s house to share the Gospel. But he was, and he did. You need to find ways every day to pour the truth into your son or daughter. You do not know what God has planned for them. You are shaping them for the future. You are shaping them to be a world shaper. God may use them to reach that last soul before Jesus returns.

Teach! Mold! Build!