What do we do?

“Now when they heard this, they were cut to the heart, and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles, ‘Men and brethren, what shall we do?’” - Acts 2v37

As a preacher I can’t imagine how Peter felt when he stood up to preach his sermon on the day of Pentecost. As Peter depended on the Holy Spirit he stood and delivered a powerful message to the gathered listeners from all over the known world. The key to his message, and the one that had impact was the fact that he used scripture over and over again.

Peter did not use his own words. It was the proclamation of God’s word to the hearers that brought them to the point where they said, “What do we do?” None of us will probably ever be called upon to preach to thousands of first time hearers like Peter did. However we are called upon daily to speak up for Christ. What do we do? How do we get people to respond with, “What shall we do?” It is certainly not going to be with our words of wisdom – it will be by following Peter’s example and sharing God’s word with them.

God’s word has the power, not ours. May we make sure that our words and conversation are based on, “What saith the scripture?”