Acts 3 – Such as I Have, Give I Thee 🎧 Intro (Soft background music — light acoustic or gentle piano with a hopeful tone) Welcome back to Morning Meditation with Missionary Joe Consford. Yesterday, in Proverbs Chapter 3, we learned to trust in the Lord with all our heart — not leaning on our own understanding, but acknowledging Him in every path. Today, in Acts Chapter 3, we see what that kind of faith looks like in action. Two ordinary men — Peter and John — encounter one broken man at the temple gate. What happens next shows us what God can do when we give Him what we have. Let’s open our Bibles to Acts Chapter 3 in the King James Version. 📖 Scripture Reading (KJV) Now Peter and John went up together into the temple at the hour of prayer, being the ninth hour. And a certain man lame from his mother’s womb was carried, whom they laid daily at the gate of the temple which is called Beautiful, to ask alms of them that entered into the temple; Who seeing Peter and John about to go into the temple asked an alms. And Peter, fastening his eyes upon him with John, said, Look on us. And he gave heed unto them, expecting to receive something of them. Then Peter said, Silver and gold have I none; but such as I have give I thee: In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth rise up and walk. And he took him by the right hand, and lifted him up: and immediately his feet and ankle bones received strength. And he leaping up stood, and walked, and entered with them into the temple, walking, and leaping, and praising God. 📜 Story – D. L. Moody and the Shoe Store Encounter In 1855, a shy Sunday school teacher named Edward Kimball felt led by the Lord to visit a young man in his class who worked in a Boston shoe store. Kimball didn’t think of himself as a preacher — he was just an ordinary Christian trying to obey the Holy Spirit. Nervously, he went into the shop, found the young man stocking shoes, and began to talk with him about Christ. That young man was Dwight L. Moody. Right there between shelves of shoes, Moody trusted Christ as his Savior. Moody went on to preach to more than 100 million people around the world, yet it all began because one humble believer gave what he had. Like Peter and John at the gate, Edward Kimball had no silver or gold — but he gave something far greater: the Gospel and the name of Jesus. 💭 Reflection – What We Can Give 1. Compassion – “Peter and John fastened their eyes upon him.” Real ministry begins when we see people — not just pass by. Compassion looks beyond problems and sees souls. 2. Confidence – “Such as I have, give I thee.” Peter didn’t give what he didn’t have — he gave what he did have. You may not have money, talent, or fame, but if you have Jesus, you have something priceless to share. 3. Conversion – “In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, rise up and walk.” The power wasn’t in Peter’s touch, but in Jesus’ name. Every believer today carries that same message of hope and healing — spiritual life to those crippled by sin. Acts 3 reminds us that God delights to use ordinary believers to do extraordinary things when we step out in faith and give what we have. 🙏 Outro Maybe today you feel like what you have isn’t much — a small voice, a little faith, a few moments of time. Give it to Jesus. He can multiply what’s surrendered to Him. Thank you for joining me today on Morning Meditation. Tomorrow, we’ll open to Psalm Chapter 3, where David cries out to God in the midst of danger and discovers the peace that comes from trusting the Lord as his shield. Until then, keep your heart open, your Bible nearby, and your hands ready to serve. To follow our family’s mission journey to Ghana or connect with our ministry, visit consfords.com/connect.
