Saturday, April 27, 2013

Wrong Question...

 So when they had come together, they asked him, “Lord, will you at this time restore the kingdom to Israel?” 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 end of the earth.”
(Acts 1:6-8 ESV)
The disciples (and we for that matter) often asked the wrong question. Despite all that had been said and that had happened, the apostles had some errors in thought. They thought that Jesus needed to rule with Israel over the world.  The question is not: "When are you going to do what you're supposed to do, God?", but "What do you want us to do, Lord?" What they needed, and we need, is God's plan at work in us - to be witnesses to Christ so He will rule and reign in hearts. 

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