FAITH CAPSULE: Peter and John followed Jesus and carried His mark.

Acts 3

Signature of Jesus is His mark. His signature is over the life of man that truly follows Him. As an acclaimed believer of Jesus, do you carry the mark of Jesus or do you desire­­ to have His signature in your life? The sad thing is that many have followed Jesus; many are following Jesus without mark of Jesus in their life. Many are trapped following the signs of Jesus. Indeed, it is always the ones that carry His mark (signature) that will make a mark in this world of challenge.
The Bible recorded, “After these things Jesus went over the Sea of Galilee, which is the Sea of Tiberias. Then a great multitude followed Him, because they saw His signs which He performed on those who were diseased.” (John 6:1-2) The bible identified that the great multitude followed Him because they saw signs which He performed. The multitude then and today only followed Jesus but do not carry the mark of Jesus. Carrying the mark of Jesus makes man to answer for Jesus as a salt and light of the earth. Jesus stated, “You are the salt of the earth; but if the salt loses its flavor, how shall it be seasoned? It is then good for nothing but to be thrown out and trampled underfoot by men. “You are the light of the world. A city that is set on a hill cannot be hidden. Nor do they light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on a lampstand, and it gives light to all who are in the house.” (Matthew 5:13-15)
True followers of Jesus are bound to be a light of this wicked world. Matthew 5:16 recorded the word of Jesus, “Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father in heaven.” Peter and John followed Jesus and carried His mark. They were salt and light to live as solution to the needy of world. It was the mark of Jesus in the life of Peter and John that made a certain lame man from the womb received healing. At the gate of the temple called Beautiful, the lame was begging for alms when he paid attention to seeing Peter and John about to go into the temple. It is written, “And fixing his eyes on him, with John, Peter said, “Look at us.”  So he gave them his attention, expecting to receive something from them. Then Peter said, “Silver and gold I do not have, but what I do have I give you: In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, rise up and walk.”(Acts 3:4-6) The lame man got his healing.  As an acclaimed believer, carry Jesus’ mark and be a solution to your world.

Prayer for today: Ask for the grace to be a solution of your world.