God accepts all. I love this reminder; it reminds us that no
one is more or less than anyone else. We can all be pure in the eyes of God. I’m
reading the book of Acts, and today I was studying Acts chapter 10. The story of
Cornelius and Peter. Peter goes into a trance and a voice tells him to “Get up,
Peter. Kill and eat” (v. 13) four-footed animals and reptiles and birds. In
Peter’s eyes this is impure. But the voice replies to him, “Do not call anything
impure that God has made clean.” God makes this clear when he later brings Jews
and Gentile together in the chapter. He shows them that they are all accepted to
have the Holy Spirit go upon them, and they’re all able to be baptized in His
name. This shows Peter that he doesn’t have the authority to call others
unclean. Anyone one at all who believes in Jesus and accepts him will be
accepted themselves and receive forgiveness of sin through the glorious name of
Jesus.
The power is in the Lord. He guides us on what to say and
how to be in our own unique way. If God only accepted one type of being, what
kind of world would this be. He accepts everyone and wants everyone to more
greatly find themselves through finding Him. With God, we have the ability to
love who we are, what we can do, and love those around us. “I now realize how
true it is that God does not show favoritism” (v.34). As long as we are
God-fearing and do what is right, we are favored in the eyes of the Lord.
We are, of course, only human ourselves. We have no
authority to judge those who are our equals. God sees us, and accepts us.
Everything is in His timing.
Thy will be done.
-CSV.
