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Thoughts in Worship 5.15.2015
Thoughts in Worship
Message Magazine's Online Devotional for Friday, May 15, 2015
Based Upon Luke 24:49
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Good things come to those who wait!
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The disciples and other followers of Christ were a big ball of emotions. They had seen their Master crucified and carried to Joseph’s new tomb; they had been without His companionship as He rested on the Sabbath according to the commandment; they worried and wept as the soldier presence was increased at the tomb; and they were thrilled with news of the fulfillment of His promised resurrection. And finally, having seen and handled His living presence following His miraculous resurrection from the second death, which no one has ever or will ever again conquer, they are faced with the inevitable news—He was going to leave them. Jesus’ mission as a human being was over, and He needed to embark upon His heavenly ministry of applying His blood for the remission of sins for those who have faith in Him, and the eventual cleansing of their sin record. While there was an incredible blessing of hope in the fact that He was going away to finish His work in their behalf, it was still a bit disheartening that He needed to go away.
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Oftentimes, we allow our perception of our current circumstances to becloud the glorious hope of what God has prepared just beyond the horizon. Jesus promised that if He should go away, that He would send His “other self,” the Holy Spirit to be with them until He appeared a second time to take His people to heaven. While Jesus was on earth, as powerful and meaningful a presence as He was, the blessing was subjected to geographic limitations. Yes, Jesus walked on water, moved through walls and closed doors without opening them, and breathed mysterious power upon His people. But, since He was pleased to take on human form in order to save us from our sins, He limited Himself to being in one place at a time. If He was in Bethany eating with a few of His loved ones, others elsewhere had to wait for Him to be done and then visit them, to experience His wonderful company. But, through the omnipresence of the Holy Spirit, Jesus could be with all of His people, anywhere in the world, simultaneously. The blessing of His life-giving teachings and energizing power would be carried to every dim quarter by “another Comforter.” But, for this other Comforter, they had to wait.
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God’s people are often tasked with waiting. Manifold blessings seem always to be looming, if we would simply yield our wills to God, and wait. That healing from cancer may come, if we wait. That deliverance from anger and resentment will come, if we wait. That freedom from failure will come, if we wait. The answer that most glorifies God and satisfies us will come, if we wait. Yet, we are not sitting idly and waiting. And we are not waiting for some theoretical response from God. No! We are privileged to surrender our wills in every way God has commanded as we wait, and the Prize will be the fulness of the Holy Spirit’s power revealed in our lives. While it may be difficult to wait on God at times, the outcome is incredibly rewarding. Great things come to those who…wait! “Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard, That the everlasting God, the LORD, The Creator of the ends of the earth, Fainteth not, neither is weary? There is no searching of his understanding. He giveth power to the faint; And to them that have no might he increaseth strength. Even the youths shall faint and be weary, And the young men shall utterly fall: But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; They shall mount up with wings as eagles; They shall run, and not be weary; And they shall walk, and not faint.” (Isaiah 40:28–31). --L. David Harris (www.davidwritesalot.com)
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Thoughts in Worship
Message Magazine's Online Devotional for Friday, May 15, 2015
Based Upon Luke 24:49
-
Good things come to those who wait!
-
The disciples and other followers of Christ were a big ball of emotions. They had seen their Master crucified and carried to Joseph’s new tomb; they had been without His companionship as He rested on the Sabbath according to the commandment; they worried and wept as the soldier presence was increased at the tomb; and they were thrilled with news of the fulfillment of His promised resurrection. And finally, having seen and handled His living presence following His miraculous resurrection from the second death, which no one has ever or will ever again conquer, they are faced with the inevitable news—He was going to leave them. Jesus’ mission as a human being was over, and He needed to embark upon His heavenly ministry of applying His blood for the remission of sins for those who have faith in Him, and the eventual cleansing of their sin record. While there was an incredible blessing of hope in the fact that He was going away to finish His work in their behalf, it was still a bit disheartening that He needed to go away.
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Oftentimes, we allow our perception of our current circumstances to becloud the glorious hope of what God has prepared just beyond the horizon. Jesus promised that if He should go away, that He would send His “other self,” the Holy Spirit to be with them until He appeared a second time to take His people to heaven. While Jesus was on earth, as powerful and meaningful a presence as He was, the blessing was subjected to geographic limitations. Yes, Jesus walked on water, moved through walls and closed doors without opening them, and breathed mysterious power upon His people. But, since He was pleased to take on human form in order to save us from our sins, He limited Himself to being in one place at a time. If He was in Bethany eating with a few of His loved ones, others elsewhere had to wait for Him to be done and then visit them, to experience His wonderful company. But, through the omnipresence of the Holy Spirit, Jesus could be with all of His people, anywhere in the world, simultaneously. The blessing of His life-giving teachings and energizing power would be carried to every dim quarter by “another Comforter.” But, for this other Comforter, they had to wait.
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God’s people are often tasked with waiting. Manifold blessings seem always to be looming, if we would simply yield our wills to God, and wait. That healing from cancer may come, if we wait. That deliverance from anger and resentment will come, if we wait. That freedom from failure will come, if we wait. The answer that most glorifies God and satisfies us will come, if we wait. Yet, we are not sitting idly and waiting. And we are not waiting for some theoretical response from God. No! We are privileged to surrender our wills in every way God has commanded as we wait, and the Prize will be the fulness of the Holy Spirit’s power revealed in our lives. While it may be difficult to wait on God at times, the outcome is incredibly rewarding. Great things come to those who…wait! “Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard, That the everlasting God, the LORD, The Creator of the ends of the earth, Fainteth not, neither is weary? There is no searching of his understanding. He giveth power to the faint; And to them that have no might he increaseth strength. Even the youths shall faint and be weary, And the young men shall utterly fall: But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; They shall mount up with wings as eagles; They shall run, and not be weary; And they shall walk, and not faint.” (Isaiah 40:28–31). --L. David Harris (www.davidwritesalot.com)