acts 1
reading through this, i found a section that particularly caught my attention and decided it was worth sharing my thoughts on.
acts 1:6-8
"so when they had come together, they asked Him, "Lord, will you at this time restore the kingdom to israel?"
i love this because this was something that was so important to the disciples. it's that one thing that we are yearning for God to do in our lives, we all have one. Lord, will you at this time restore my family? Lord, at this time will you give me a husband? Lord, will you at this time reveal to me what i'm doing in the future? Lord, will you at this time (fill in the blank here)?
then there comes the magnificent response Jesus gives...
"He said to them, "it is not for you to know times or seasons that the Father has fixed by His own authority. BUT you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in jerusalem and in all judea and samaria, and to the ends of the earth."
i just love how Jesus is like well..... that's not really for you to know right now; HOWEVER, here is all the power and grace you need to get through anything oh and here is your kingdom destiny. BAM!
now i'm sure this must have been the most frustrating statement for the disciples to stomach because well it is the most frustrating statement for me. reading it, it's so easy to be like "JESUS JUST PROMISED YOU POWER AND DESTINY!!!!!" but from my own experience, it's so easy to be like "Jesus, ummm, excuse me but i think you misunderstood the question or maybe you just didn't hear me. see this is important and it's a good thing, something that was even promised to me in the Word, don't you that understand Jesus?"
so basically, i just love how Jesus answers questions :)
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