“Therefore, brethren, look ye out among you seven men of honest report, full of the Holy Ghost and wisdom, whom we may appoint over this business. And the saying pleased the whole multitude: and they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Ghost, and Philip, and Prochorus, and Nicanor, and Timon, and Parmenas, and Nicolas a proselyte of Antioch:” （Acts 6:3, 5)
The world has gone haywire; the he dirty water that should be flowing under the gutter has become our mainstream. the light bulbs that we look up to for illumination now sits well, balanced in it’s position; but radiates darkness. The flag of morality and excellence has been brought to a half-mast like that of a mourning natio; so much that men of God who supposedly should be paradigms for godliness have become the Achans in the church. And in a bid to keep their rotteness from being exposed, they have become defenders against those they should be toiling to bring to Christ.
We are now being sermonised to accept the world we live in to be an ocean, not of water this time around, but of iniquity, ungodliness and moral depravity. And that we all, as fishes living therein, can never be free from this prevalent depravity.
However, I take exception. The endemicity of evil in the world today is rather a glaring gesticulation, a deafning outcry for men of distinction to rise and say,
“I DARE TO BE A STEPHEN.”
When the people of God needed seven men of honest report, full of the Holy Ghost and wisdom, for appointment into a position of service, stephen was the only one who had attached to his name, “a man full of faith and of the Holy Ghost.”
Take a look at the list：“and they chose STEPHEN, A MAN FULL OF FAITH AND OF THE HOLYGHOAST and Philip, and Prochorus, and Nicanor, and Timon, and Parmenas, and Nicolas a proselyte of Antioch.” in other words, he alone was what the ocation demanded. He was distinct amongst the seven. No wonder he went ahead and did exploits. And resisted unto blood.
Can someone rise up today to say,
“I DARE TO BE A STEPHEN；I DARE TO BE WHAT THE OCATION DEMANDS WHEREVER GOD HAS POSITIONED ME.”
Say it to yoursel! Personalise it: I dare to be a stephen；i dare to be what God demands wherever he has positioned me. Go ahead and customise it！say in my business, in my job,as a studen, as a wif, as a husban, as a fiance, as a fiancee, as a child of God, “I dare to be a stephen；I dare to be what God demands of me even if no one else dares. I dare to resist unto blood even if i am alone.”
MAY GRACE ABOUND.