Hear What You Want to Hear

Read Acts 1-3

Acts 2:8 says, "And how hear we every man in our own tongue, wherein we were born?"  The way this passage reads, it sounds like each person was hearing the same utterances, but each processed it as if it was being spoken in their own language, so each person understood what was being said.  When a bunch of people have witnessed the same event, you get as many different versions about the facts as there were people present.  Each person saw the incident from their own point of view.

That point of view colors the things that commanded the person’s attention, the things the person remembers, and any feelings that might have been stirred up.  Since no two people are alike, no two stories will be a perfect match.  And none will be the complete truth about what happened.

God uses our uniqueness.  He works through us to reach out to others in ways only we can.  We never know when something we’ve said or done was just what someone needed.  The Lord knows and will use us if we let Him.

Tomorrow’s reading: Acts 4-6