Acts 1:6-8 “So when they had come together, they were asking
Him, saying, ‘Lord, is it at this time You are restoring the kingdom to
Israel?’ He said to them, ‘It is not for you to know times or epochs
which the Father has fixed by His own authority; but you will receive
power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be My
witnesses both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and even to the
remotest part of the earth.’” (NASB)
Hello,
Ever had a seemingly endless task placed in front of you? It
is so frustrating for us – we just want a deadline or an end date of some kind.
But, some things are not accompanied by an end date. Sometimes there is an end
date – but that knowledge would bias us against action, so we are not told that
end date.
After Jesus rose from the dead and began appearing to people,
His followers wanted Him to setup the kingdom right then – but it wasn’t time.
In fact, Jesus gave no date at all….just a directive of what to do until the
end came. They, and we, were to just be His witnesses everywhere they went. But God was not unaware of the duration
of His expectation – and knew we needed strength to endure in this task, which He
gave us in the form of the Holy Spirit.
Do we know when the end will be? Nope. Do we know what to
focus on until that time? Yup.
Have a blessed day, and keep going in the strength He has
given us.
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