Distressed
Read Acts 17.16-18
“.. Paul was preaching the good news about Jesus and the resurrection ..” (Acts 17.18)
The idolatry which he saw in Athens distressed Paul greatly. Here were people who for all their cultural sophistication were nonetheless lost in life, looking in all the wrong places for meaning, purpose and hope. So he ‘reasoned’ with them.
When you look around society today what are the ‘idols’ to which people are looking for meaning, purpose and hope?
Does the ‘lostness’ of so many today distress you? Enough for you to speak to them about Jesus and the resurrection?
Prayer: I grieve to see so many today who’ve lost their way in life and are as sheep without a shepherd: grant me Your compassion, Lord, and the grace to share Yourself.