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Discipleship Focus: Capacity
- Capacity asks whether or not the person has the time in their life to obey God.
I don’t talk about capacity much on this blog, so this is a great
time to bring up the topic. Note that
when I speak about capacity I’m not talking about ability. That would be competency. When I speak about capacity I am speaking
about the amount of time that a person has and whether they use the time for
doing the work of God.
We’ve seen Paul apply capacity all throughout his life in the book
of Acts. Everywhere he went he actively
sought out opportunities to talk about Christ.
He sought out the women in Philippi and found a great friend in Lydia. He sought out the Philippian jailor. He sought out Timothy and actually brought
Timothy along with him. He sought out
the people in Athens. He found Gentiles
in Corinth. He found the disciples of
John the Baptizer in Ephesus and helped them find the Holy Spirit. Wherever Paul went – he always was seeking
time to find God’s work.
This is no different in Acts 24.
Paul is in a difficult spot. He’s
arrested. He’s on trial. He could be looking at the end of his
life. And then he finds himself in a
holding pattern while Felix seems to be waiting for a bribe to either kill Paul
or set him free. But look at what Paul
does. In the time where his case is not
advancing he is talking to Felix – and likely his court and household. Paul could be getting angry at God that his
case isn’t going anywhere and he could be mad at God that his life feels like
it is on hold. But that’s not what he
does. Paul sees his life through the
eyes of God and realizes that God has given Paul the capacity to speak into the
life of Felix and his household.
We don’t speak often about Paul’s ability to use his time to disciple
others, but he was a master of capacity.
When Paul had an opportunity, he took it.
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