Acts 5:25-28 Then someone came and said, "Look! The men you put in jail are standing in thetemple courts teaching the people." At that, the captain went with his officers andbrought the apostles. They did not use force, because they feared that the peoplewould stone them. Having brought the apostles, they made them appear before theSanhedrin to be questioned by the high priest. "We gave you strict orders not toteach in this name," he said. "Yet you have filled Jerusalem with your teaching andare determined to make us guilty of this man's blood."

I am quite sure neither the Sanhedrin nor the chief priest, felt they were opposedto God in this confrontation with Peter and John. Rather, they were so focused ontheir own power and authority they could not see God's correcting hand in theexperience. We see this indignation in verse 28, "We gave you strict orders not toteach in this name."

So often we get locked into doing things our way (like the Sanhedrin), that when Godcorrects us through events (which many times are miraculous), we ignore the miraclebecause it doesn't fit with our expectation. We couldn't be wrong -- right? Whenthings seem to be going wrong -- people aren't following your direction, leadershipor example -- it's probably a good time to reevaluate how and what you're doing. Godmight be correcting you and He may be using a lowly person or people to do so. Ithink the most difficult correction for me to accept is, when God uses someone lesseducated, less experienced, or a new Christian. That's when I have to be especiallycareful that my "Sanhedrin" indignation and arrogance doesn't kick in.

Is God trying to correct you right now? Is there a way you are doing something,maybe even an attitude that needs to change? Has there been someone in your lifethat like the Sanhedrin has made you angry because they've challenged you? Perhapsit's time to reevaluate -- you couldn't be wrong, right?

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