You Have What You Need Today
My apologies for missing yesterday’s post—technical difficulties. Today’s post combines 2 days into one.
Let’s recap:
Jesus, risen from the dead, gathers the disciples together and teaches them about the Kingdom. Then he says:
“You will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.”
That is, the Holy Spirit will empower the church’s witness about Jesus, and their witnessing will begin first to Israel (Jerusalem, Judea, and Samaria), and then move on from there “to the ends of the earth”.
Pentecost is the first step in that sequence.
Pentecost is a harvest festival, observed by the Jews 50 days after Passover. At Pentecost, Jewish pilgrims from all over the Mediterranean came back to Jerusalem. Though they were ethnically Jewish, they spoke different languages. How are the disciples to witness to such a polyglot group?
The Holy Spirit provides the answer: he gifts the church with the gift of tongues, so that they can witness to Jesus in every necessary language on that day of Pentecost, AD 30.
Here’s the point: Jesus tells them they will be witnesses, starting with Israel, and that they will be given power to make their witness successful. They are given what they need.
The same is true for us. We have what we need today, through the power of the Holy Spirit, to witness to Jesus wherever we go.
Therefore, be bold. You have what you need today!