Have you ever been disoriented? Confused by your current circumstances? Perhaps it was a diagnosis that knocked your world off center? Perhaps it was a betrayal by a close friend? Perhaps getting removed from a job or career in which you found great joy and satisfaction? What do we do when that happens?
Acts 1:14 (Here at Bible Gateway) may give us some help and direction.
The followers of Jesus had just experienced all their hopes and dreams evaporate with the arrest and crucifixion of Jesus. Then, three days later, He rose from the grave. He was with them for a short time and then they watched as he ascended into heaven to sit at the right hand of the Father. Now what? What would happen next in this crazy journey? Note well what they did and notice the structural markers:
- These all (emphatic)
- With (Instrumentation points to the means) one (number – indicates unity ) mind
- Were continually (Temporal)
- Devoting themselves to (Locative – in the sense of what they were focused on)
- Prayer (Instrumentation end – the purpose of the unity)
They did not know what was going to happen next or how it was going to be revealed or how it was going to affect them. So, their response? Let us pray.
Perhaps we should too.
Yes indeed we should. Thanks for the reminder!
ReplyDeleteThanks for this. Have you ever caught yourself thinking or saying, "the only thing I can do is pray."? Aint that right where He wants us? And, yet, I hate to admit, I still struggle with that. I want to "do," not pray.
ReplyDeleteOh, no! I am much too spiritual for that! NOT! If you had my journals, you would see "the only thing I can do is pray," written out more times than you could count. The trouble is, I am horrible at prayer. Most of my prayer is telling the Lord how weak and desperate I am.
DeleteIt seems like He has had me in a remedial prayer school for the past seven years if not longer.