His Work Endures

In yesterdays reading, this encouraged me:
During one part of Acts 5 the disciples are being persecuted and the authorities wanted to kill them for preaching in Jesus' name. One of the leaders stand up and reminds them that unless these men are doing God's work, they will fail-

"38 Therefore, in the present case I advise you: Leave these men alone! Let them go! For if their purpose or activity is of human origin, it will fail. 39 But if it is from God, you will not be able to stop these men; you will only find yourselves fighting against God."

Since so many people today know about God's love, obviously these men didn't fail. After they died, God raised up others to take their placing teaching the good news. The Bible is truth. If it wasn't, it wouldn't have lasted through history. There's been so many times when people have tried to completely destroy every Bible and kill every Christian, but yet we live on and so does God's Word. This reminded me of how powerful and everlasting God is. He's been faithful since the beginning. And despite our mistakes, He chooses to use us to pursue His Purpose.