There is a Harvest to Bring In

 

“After he said this, he was taken up before their very eyes, and a cloud hid him from their sight.

They were looking intently up into the sky as he was going, when suddenly two men dressed in white stood beside them. “Men of Galilee,” they said, “why do you stand here looking into the sky? This same Jesus, who has been taken from you into heaven, will come back in the same way you have seen him go into heaven.”

Acts 1:9-11

Most of us resist change.

Human nature being what it is I cannot imagine these disciples were any different.

Jesus was with them.

Then he was crucified and they thought they would never see him again.

Then Lo and behold, He was with them again for another 40 days following His resurrection.

Then, once again, He was going away.

Their heads must have been spinning.

I can kind of understand why they would stare into the sky as He disappeared.

But their intent gaze was broken by two angels with a forward looking message.

It would have been easy to stand and reminisce, wishing for the ‘good old days’ when Jesus was turning water into wine, healing the blind and raising the dead.

Had you and me been there we likely would have felt the same.   

But Jesus’ last words sent them back to Jerusalem to wait for the promised Holy Spirit.

When they received Him, the real work of the Great Commission was to begin.

That Commission still stands today for you and me.

We have work to do.

We do indeed look forward to the return of Jesus but we do it with our hand on the plow.

There is a harvest to bring in!