Welcome to the living word of God if we continue to read acts chapter 12 let’s read that verse 7 again now behold an angel of the lord stood by him and a light shone in the prison and he struck peter on the side and raised him up saying arise quickly and his chain fell off his hands verse 8 then the angel said to him curd yourself and tie your sandals and so he did and he said to him put on your garment and follow me
so many interesting things in this two verses the angel of the Lord stood by him and I tell you every moment of our life the Angel of the Lord is with us
and the angel of the lord was with peter in the prison he also says a lie shown in the prison we are in this sinful prison but the light of god is shining on us the angel of the lord is with us the light is shining on us and he struck peter on the side and raised him up or god is ready to raise us up but next phrase said angel of the lord told peter arise quickly and that is exactly what god is telling us do not be too comfortable or where you are arise quickly arise quickly and his chains fell off his hands I tell you many of ours are chained up in this world with material things with habitual problems with social challenges and problems we are chained up but when god is by our sight and we respond to his call to arise quickly all this will fall apart and verse 8 then the angel of the lord said curl yourself and tie your sandals oh I tell you brothers and sisters that’s what god is telling us today curl yourself and tie your sandals and so he did what about us peter did he obeyed we are to obey and he say to him put on your garment and follow me god is telling us today put on the garment of righteousness of Jesus and follow me you remember the word of Jesus to the disciples when he called follow me and that’s what Jesus is telling us today put on the garment of Jesus and follow me. Amen