Read Acts 7:55-60

Read Acts 7:55-60

⁵⁵But Stephen, full of the Holy Spirit, looked up to heaven and saw God’s glory and Jesus standing at the right-hand side of God. ⁵⁶“Look!” he said. “I see heaven opened and the Son of Man standing at the right-hand side of God!”

57 With a loud cry the members of the Council covered their ears with their hands. Then they all rushed at him at once, ⁵⁸threw him out of the city, and stoned him. The witnesses left their cloaks in the care of a young man named Saul. ⁵⁹They kept on stoning Stephen as he called out to the Lord, “Lord Jesus, receive my spirit!” ⁶⁰He knelt down and cried out in a loud voice, “Lord! Do not remember this sin against them!” He said this and died.

Think

Again - we hear the words of Psalm 31:5 as Stephen is stoned to death for preaching the gospel of Jesus.  Stephen says them slightly differently: "Lord Jesus, receive my spirit."  A victim of injustice, trusting God for justice.

Pray

Loving God, into your hand I commit my spirit.