Acts 17:6 KJV
And when they found them not, they drew Jason and certain brethren unto the rulers of the city, crying, These that have turned the world upside down are come hither also...

Hey listeners welcome back to the Men of Valor Podcast. The verse that means so much to me and challenges me so often is Acts 17:6. The event that's taking place when this was spoken is Stephen the first martyr and a few others are being arrested. According to the King James translation his accusers sheltered these people that have turned our world upside down are here.

"Can God use you to turn the world upside down?"

The question I'm asking is - in today's world could we be used by God to turn this depraved world upside down? If you're thinking I don't know this world is really depraved let's look and see what it was like in Stevens time.

In those days people didn't go to stadiums to watch football games they went to watch Christians get eaten alive by lions. In those days they didn't burn the flag in those days they dipped Christians in oil and burn them because they wouldn't renounce Jesus Christ as their lord.  There was actually an emperor named Nero and he enjoyed burning Christians at night just to light up his garden. In those days not only did they abort some children, they sacrificed many as idols by burning them too many false gods.

So the question is how can we be used by God to turn this depraved world upside down?

1. First we need to repent to God for our sins and our apathy towards Him.
2. Second we need to ask Him to turn us upside down, ask Him to transform us to truly become born again people. We need to have the old man truly die and have the new man resurrected by the Lord Jesus Christ.
3. Third we need to walk in the truth by living a life of truth with God ourselves and our family and stop living in a world of lies.
4. Fourth we need to pray that our family will be touched, as they live with the man of God their world will be turned upside down as they see God's power at work as you are transformed becoming more like Jesus Christ every day.
5. Fifth as the community sees transformation the truth and the power of God in your family pray that they will desire to know the God that loves them so much that He sent His one and only son Jesus Christ to die for them.

God bless you and let's believe there will be a day when someone sees you and thinks there is one of those people who are turning this area upside down because of their spiritual belief in Jesus Christ. They will be thinking I need to know what and who they know because I see what's happened to them and I desperately need that in my life.

So Lord thank you again for just revealing yourself more more to each one of us every day touching us lord that we become more like Jesus Christ every day god bless you all.