Acts 12:24 - 13:5 / John 12:44-50
To know what a business or an organization is about, the thing to look for is its core business or its main activity.
That core business or main activity defines the business enterprise and the purpose of the organization.
And that core business or main activity should be so obvious that it goes without saying and it is also like written on its walls.
As for the early Church, the core spirituality and main activity is praying and fasting and the mission is the proclamation of the Word of God.
Even in the church of Antioch, besides the disciples, there were also prophets and teachers.
It was not just the activities of praying and fasting and proclamation of the Word of God, the people in the church were living images of the church’s core spirituality and mission.
So, when the Holy Spirit spoke, they listened and they also knew God wanted Barnabas and Saul to be set apart for a mission.
May we always be focused on the core spirituality of praying and fasting, and be faithful in sharing and proclaiming the Word of God.
So that when the Holy Spirit speaks, we will be able to listen and do what God wants of us.