Suddenly!

“Suddenly a sound like the blowing of a violent wind came

from heaven and filled the whole house where they were sitting.

Acts 2:2

 

Faithfulness and suddenly; two interesting words that may not seem to be a matched set.

But consider this ‘sudden’ moment that happened

 in the lives of some faithful men and woman.

One hundred and twenty were gathered in the upper room.

But Paul tells us in I Corinthians 15:6 that Jesus appeared to over five

hundred at one time after His resurrection and before His ascension.

That leaves 380 unaccounted for at that ‘sudden’ moment.

Meaning over 70% of those who had witnessed Jesus alive missed that Pentecost experience!

I cannot and would not speculate as to why so many were absent at such a significant moment.

But I do know that we are not ‘suddenly faithful’.

Faithfulness is measured, not in moments, but in lifetimes.

Maybe today you are waiting on God for a ‘sudden’ moment.  

 I am.

Don’t lose heart.

Don’t give up.

After all, a read of scripture seems to reveal that the ‘suddenly’ moments come to the faithful!