“Do not leave Jerusalem but wait for the gift My Father promised.” (Acts 1:4)
After His resurrection, Jesus spent 40 days with His disciples. He gave them many proofs that He was alive. He taught them about the kingdom of God, but He didn’t teach them everything.
You see, the disciples still had questions, and they were eager to know the timeline. They wanted to know what’s going to happen next. They kind of wanted that calendar invite to come. So it would load up their calendar and they would know.
But Jesus instead just gave them a one-word instruction: Wait.
Wait in Jerusalem.
Wait for the promise of the Father.
Wait for the Holy Spirit.
Why?
That instruction had to feel incomplete.
They had seen Jesus die.
They had seen Him rise.
Now He’s preparing to ascend. And their next assignment was not to run, build, fix, organize or figure anything out.
It was to wait.
Sometimes waiting feels like we’re doing nothing. But waiting on God is not doing nothing. It’s actively trusting that He knows what we do not.
Jesus told them that they would receive power when the Holy Spirit came upon them, and that power would be enough for them. It would be enough to make them witnesses, enough to overcome their fears, enough to send them into Jerusalem, Judea, Samaria, and even to the ends of the earth.
That same Spirit has been given to you. You may not have every answer. You may not know what comes next.
But you have what the disciples had.
You have a promise.
You have a calling.
You have the Holy Spirit.
And today that is enough.
Prayer
Lord Jesus, I don’t always like to wait. I so often want answers before I take the next step. I want to understand the plan before I trust Your direction. Please forgive me for my impatience. Teach me to wait on You with faith. Fill me with Your Holy Spirit and give me courage to do what You have called me to do today. In Jesus’s name I pray. Amen.
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