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Today's Devotional

Waiting For God's Work

Acts 1:4-5 (ESV)
"And while staying with them he ordered them not to depart from Jerusalem, but to wait for the promise of the Father, which, he said, you heard from me; for John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit not many days from now."

I remember as a child that my parents bought me a bike for Christmas one year. It was my dream bike: a cherry red, 12 speed all terrain bike. This bike was amazing, but it had one big flaw, it was too big for me. I could ride it, but not well, and quickly became frustrated with the bike as I struggled to control it. The great part about this deal was that I did eventually grow to a size that I could ride with ease, it just took a lot of patience on my part. Can you imagine being told by Jesus that He has a lot of work for you to do, and there would be great miracles, but not to start until the Holy Spirit came down and kicked in His own power? They must have been going crazy for a few days or weeks, wondering what it would be like when God finally showed up and did his work. It's the same for us today a lot of times. We want to do awesome things for God, but we can't do it on our own, and we just have to be patient for God to give us strength, wisdom, or just to work things out. The waiting game can be brutal, but when we wait on the Lord, His work is perfect, and unmistakable.

Application Questions:
1. Do you find it hard to wait on the Lord?
2. Do you find yourself trusting God enough to trust His timing?
3. Why does it pay to make the effort to be sure God is at the center of what we are doing in life?



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Connecting the Dots

Acts 1:1-3 (ESV)
"In the first book, O Theophilus, I have dealt with all that Jesus began to do and teach, until the day when He was taken up, after he had given commands through the Holy Spirit to the apostles whom he had chosen. To them he presented himself alive after his suffering by many proofs, appearing to them during forty days and speaking about the kingdom of God."

The author of the book of Acts is a man historians call "Luke the physician". He also wrote the self titled letter known as the gospel of Luke. It turns out, the letter of Acts and Luke were both written by Luke to a friend of his named Theophilus. He reminds us here that in the gospel of Luke, he wrote all about the work of Jesus in the resurrection, and the arrival of the Holy Spirit after Jesus went back up to heaven. Now he is continuing on the story of what the Holy Spirit has done in the beginning of the church. The book of Acts connects the work of Jesus in the gospels, to the work of the Holy Spirit in the church Epistles. This is so important because with out this book, all we would know is that Jesus Christ's own people rejected him, and then He went away. The book of Acts helps us understand where we fit in this eternal story, not just as Gentiles, but as a body, or church of both Jews and Gentiles joining together to know God and make Him known.

Application Questions:
1. If the Holy Spirit was given to us to help us in the absence of Jesus, do you see Him as vital to your spiritual growth and guidance?

 

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