It was the moment they had been waiting for. The Day of Pentecost had fully come. The disciples and the church stepped into a new era as followers of Jesus became Spirit-filled believers.

Some people just can't sit still. We are to busy about our Father's business until He sends Jesus back for us. The disciples were to wait for the promised Holy Spirit in order to get the green light to begin their ministry. Not all that we get busy with has eternal value in the end.

The action of the gospel continues as Jesus instructs His disciples to wait for the Holy Spirit. The filling will be the necessary element that will bring success in what the Lord had for them to fulfill their calling and to be His witnesses in any sphere that He would send them.

BIBLE VERSE References: ACTS 1:1-8 | LUKE 1:1-3 | 1 JOHN 4:19 | 2 CORINTHIANS 12:7 | 1 JOHN 4:18 | GALATIANS 4:15 | GALATIANS 6:11 | GALATIANS 3:26-29 | MATTHEW 3:16 | MARK 1:10 | LUKE 3:22 | JOHN 1:32 | JOHN 14:16 | JOHN 14:12 | LUKE 11:13 | 

On your mark...get set...GO! Jesus charges His followers to go into all the world to spread the message. He promises to accompany them each step of the way.

Time to make an appearance. A new day dawns, and the resurrected Jesus shows Himself to those who followed Him. He is the risen Lord, and this fact changes everything.

When will it be your turn? As we remain faithful to what the Lord has for us in our lives, we will find opportunities in which He calls us to step up and step out in faith. The women who witness the crucifixion and Joseph of Arimathea find it is their turn to be used in key ways after Jesus death on the cross.

Timing is everything. As the events of the crucifixion come to a head, God's long-awaited plan of salvation falls into place right on schedule. We can trust God's timing to usher in the fullest of blessings.

You can't sit on the sidelines forever. As Jesus makes His way to the cross, the myriad of bystanders views the events through a variety of lenses.

Whose to blame? Pointing fingers usually leads us back to finding ourselves the one to be at fault. Jesus is bound and delivered to Pilate amid growing resentment from the religious leaders and the crowds. When the people demand a guilty man named Barabbas be released, Jesus becomes the scapegoat for all those deserving of blame.

We can really make a mess of things. Jesus' trial before the religious leaders is anything but clean. But Jesus stays in the center of the Father's will despite what His accusers do. Peter keeps his distance and denies the Lord three times.