Expecting the Unexpected

We are on a journey. We walked with Jesus through the Gospels for 40 days. Now we are on a voyage through the book of Acts. Acts connects the earthy and heavenly ministry of Jesus. Acts is the continuation of the ministry of Jesus on earth through the Body of Christ, the Church.

During the 40 days following Christ's resurrection, Jesus spoke to His disciples "of things pertaining to the kingdom of God". It was natural for them to then ask, "Will You at this time restore the kingdom to Israel?" The 120 were still looking for the Messiah to establish His earthly Kingdom and rule with a rod of iron. They connected their instructions to "wait" with the restoration of the kingdom of Israel.

But, of course, Jesus had something else in mind. They were to expect the unexpected. It is so easy, isn't it, to get into a spiritual rut; to look back to yesteryear, because that is what we are familiar with. God, though He is the Ancient of Days, is not old nor out of date. He is the God of today; the God of fresh expression. We are to thank Him for yesterday's "move", but we must embrace what He is doing now and what He will do tomorrow.

We must expect the unexpected and embrace the unknown. God, because He is God, is still greatly unknown. We do not have Him figured out. Therefore, if we are going to embrace God, we must embrace the unknown.

I want to be part of what God is doing now. I thank Him for the moves of His Spirit I have been part of in the past, but I want to be open to, and recognize what God is doing right now, and go with it, and flow with it, and embrace it, and be a part of it.

Amen!

PrairieParson
JB