Devotion - Acts 2:39

“For the promise is to you and to your children, and to all who are afar off, as many as the Lord our God will call.”

The Holy Spirit is laboring effectually. The Great Surgeon is at work deconstructing the callous heart and making it venerable to the call that is being placed upon it. Peter says, “The promise is to you and to your children.” To understand the context of this scripture we must look back to verse 38. There are two variables to take into consideration as to the promise of God; repent, and be baptized. The promise Peter is speaking of is the prophetic promise that has been spoken by God since Genesis. That God would send a Savior to redeem us from our sins. Peter declares that all scripture has been fulfilled in the life and work of Jesus Christ our Lord. Peter declares this Promise is to you and your children. Repent and be baptized for the remission, the deliverance of sin. No longer are you bound by your nature. God has made a way.

Peter doesn’t close the church doors in this scripture either. Remember that at this point, Peter is speaking to the current church and/or religious system. This isn’t the “lost” as we would call it. Peter is telling the church to repent here. However, he declares that this promise is not just for Jews and Jews alone…but for all who are far away…as many as the Lord our God will call.

Let us reaffirm this great truth to ourselves…It is God that calls. He uses us as vessels to declare and proclaim…but it is God that calls.

John 6:44 (NKJV)

"No one can come to Me unless the Father who sent Me draws him; and I will raise him up at the last day."

Jesus declares that no one can come to Christ unless the Father draws him. It is God who calls men/women to repentance. It is God that, through the work of the Holy Spirit, labors down at our hearts and grabs hold of us and claims us as His own. The promise is ours. It is yours. Take hold of it “called of God”. Claim it this hour and be free from your troubles. Claim it today.