What
is the one thing you want to know right now? Do you have a pressing question or
dilemma?
Right
before Jesus ascended back to Heaven, the disciples had a pressing question.
Acts
1:4-9 4 On one
occasion, while he was eating with them, he gave them this command: “Do not leave
Jerusalem, but wait for the gift my Father promised, which you have heard
me speak about. 5 For John baptized
with water, but in a few days you will be baptized with the Holy
Spirit.” 6 Then they
gathered around him and asked him, “Lord, are you at this time going to
restore the kingdom to Israel?”
7 He said
to them: “It is not for you to know the times or dates the Father has set by
his own authority. 8 But you will receive
power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my
witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends
of the earth.”
9 After he
said this, he was taken up before their very eyes, and a cloud hid him
from their sight.
The
disciples wanted to know if Jesus was right then going to restore the kingdom
to Israel! He didn’t directly answer their question. He didn’t answer it the
way they wanted, but gave them far more than they asked! He gave them what He
knew was best for them to know right then. He does that for us today.
I’ve
had several pressing questions over the years. After our miscarriage and years
of infertility, Joe and I wanted to know if we were to have children, when,
how, etc. God didn’t answer all those questions at once, but through the
guidance of the Holy Spirit gave us what we needed to know for the next step.
God
provides what He knows we need to know (and not always what we want to know).
What part of your and my life is confusing
right now? If we are seeking His direction and desiring to follow Him, He will
give us what we need, when we need it. We can trust His purposes and plans. He
will prepare us for the next step, just as He did the disciples!
Alice
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