Acts 1:7-8 “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.”
Whenever I visit my grandfather in Florida I can be assured of one thing: I will be forced to watch Fox news until I have a headache. I will sit and watch my grandfather get all worked up over the economy and give me his wisdom on how much better the country would be if he was in charge. It is quite a humorous time!
But, in reality, we are all a lot like my grandfather. We are anxious to know when things will be restored and the Kingdom will be established. But, Jesus reminds us that knowing those things is not our job. Our job as Christians is to be His witnesses! We do not – and cannot - know God’s entire perfect plan, but we do know His Gospel, and we have been given His Spirit to go and proclaim it to the ends of the earth.
Is our focus on the things that are only the business of the Sovereign Lord? Or is our focus on the Gospel that He has given to be the center of our lives? When we reorient the priorities of our hearts to be on the Gospel, our greatest strength and hope becomes God and we become better witnesses to the Gospel’s power. So, let us be focused on the Gospel and boldly proclaim it until He returns!
Written by guest blogger, Adam Swift
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pj
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