Acts 3: 8-10, Acts 4: 3, Acts 3:10-11, Acts 17: 6

His walking and jumping were evidence to all bystanders that he was praising God. There was something right and good about the man's response to what God had done. There was no debate from the religious onlookers who were questioning his right to dance. There was no deacon asking the "revolutionary" to be a little quieter. Not even the temple priest challenged the man or asked him to stand solemnly so he could give a "proper" response to God. His jumping and leaping and walking were fitting for the occasion. The man had just been healed from an inability to walk. Nothing was going to stop him from showing his praise to God with everything that was within him.

Challenge: Respond with Enthusiasm to whatever life throws at you this week.

4. Enthusiasm Is A Recipe For Trouble

One of the consequences of enthusiasm is that it has a habit of creating trouble.

In Acts 4:3, Peter and John are placed in jail as a result of a man's healing and his subsequent outburst of enthusiasm. Peter is compelled to preach about what happened to the man. If the man had said a quiet "Thank you" to Peter and John and walked off into the sunset, then Peter would never have been compelled to preach. And he would never have been placed in jail.

But then again, Revolutionaries don't mind causing trouble.it's what Revolutionaries do. (See Acts 17v6)

Challenge: Do something extra enthusiastic, even if everyone mocks you.

5. Enthusiasm Is Evangelism

In Acts 3:10-11 it says,

"They Recognised him as the same man who used to sit begging at the temple gate called Beautiful, and they were filled with wonder and amazement at what had happened to him. While the beggar held on to Peter and John, all the people were astonished and came running to them in the place called Solomon's Colonnade."

The man's healing and enthusiastic response to God caused people to sit up and take notice. It made people ask different questions from the one's they had previously been asking about church.

When they see the enthusiasm of Revolutionaries, the questions asked about church and Christians change. Their questions progress into statements like, "I have to get some of that", "Can God do the same for me too?" and "If He can do it for you, He can do it for me", "I need to know your God".

Challenge: Next time something great happens to you make sure you shout about it and let everyone see how amazing God is.