Getting to Know Jesus' Passion #30

Today we finally come to the end of Luke's first account. Jesus had done everything the Father had sent Him to accomplish; He had appeared to all His faithful followers; He had given them instructions for what came next.
50 And he led them out as far as Bethany, and lifting up his hands he blessed them. 51 While he blessed them, he parted from them and was carried up into heaven. 52 And they worshiped him and returned to Jerusalem with great joy, 53 and were continually in the temple blessing God.

By blessing them, Jesus was entrusting them to God's care. He then ascended back to heaven, where He promised them to switch places with the Holy Spirit who would come to help them accomplish what He had charged them to do: take the Good News of repentance and forgiveness all over the world.  They got it. They responded by worshipping Him and God the Father, as they waited for God's next promise to be fulfilled: the coming of the Spirit. They knew God keeps His promises and trusted Him to keep them. Do we?