Apr 29 - 42 - Acts 2:1

When the day of Pentecost came,

they were all together in one place

Acts 2:1

Bible Rank: 42

 

Jesus lived. He died. He was raised. He appeared to his disciples several times; then he ascended into heaven. 

 

And the question is this: What do you do now if you're a disciple? 

All we know is that they hung out together (because that's how today's verse began -- "all together in one place"). And while they were together ...

·         Did they pray? (Probably. They had just encountered the living God, they were surely eager to maintain that spiritual connection.)

·         Did they grieve? (Their necks had to be sore from whiplash. There was Palm Sunday joy, Good Friday horror, Easter Sunday exultation, Ascension Day amazement, and now two weeks of empty silence. Jesus was gone and probably all of the stages of grief were cycling -- including denial and depression.)

·         Did they argue and worry and fret? (Most of us would have! "He's been gone ten days. Now what?" "It's been ten days. I'm out of here. I'm going back to Galilee. I wonder if my brothers will let me back into the fishing business.)

·         Did they keep reminding one another of the promises? (Somehow these voices trumped the doubts and worries and need to split up and go back to Galilee and regular life. "Jesus wanted us to wait. Let's just trust that the promise of the Holy Spirit is indeed coming.)

 

Like many of our TopVerses, Acts 2:1 is really an introduction to a great story -- all of chapter 2, and really the rest of the book of Acts and the rest of the life of the church. 

 

Nevertheless, today most of us in one way or another sit in the midst of the uncertainty ... because that's what life in this broken world really is all about. 

 

·         Will you grieve? (In this world of whiplash and pain, grief is normal and real.)

·         Will you worry and fret? (Normal. Real.)

·         Will you pray? (Hopefully ... trusting in this living link to light and life.)

·         Will you keep reminding one another of the promises? (As the disciples discovered, the promises are true ... AND THEN THE HOLY SPIRIT COMES!!!!!!!)

In Christ's Love, 

a guy whose done all four,

creating my own whiplash unless and until I settle on three and four

AND THEN THE HOLY SPIRIT COMES!!!!!!