Wait - Acts 1-2

Perhaps the hardest thing to do is wait on God. Waiting on God to work His plan; waiting on God to answer prayer; waiting on God to fulfill a promise; waiting on God to heal a sickness, mend a broken heart, or, strengthen a weak knee. Waiting is tough. We have been conditioned by Satan's world to want it now. We seldom see the future in God's timing and God's eyes. God seems to wait until we can't wait and then wait again. In our section today the disciples were told by Christ prior to His ascent to heaven to "wait" for the promised Spirit to be sent. This promised Spirit was to guide them; teach them; empower them; help them; comfort them; and much, much more. Human reasoning would say go home and wait. But, human emotion doesn't wait. When they return to their home they are seen moving into action prior to the Spirit's arrival. Now, to be honest, we all would have done the same thing. And, they were digging in the Scriptures and went to work on Psalm 16 to make sure they did what the Word said. However, it is obvious they did so without the Spirit's guiding them. We can do the same thing. We forget to wait and just move ahead with the Spirit's guideane and power. We so much want to something to happen that we forget to let the Spirit lead. We rather drag the Spirit into our mess. If we waited on God we would be able to let the Spirit lead us and have less to worry about later. Mathius was probably a fine choice for a replacement for Judas. However, it is obvious, since we never hear about Mathius again, that Paul was God's choice to replace Judas. If we wait, God will work. Just wait!