Day Twenty-Four: Coming and Going

Do you see what I see?

    "Do you see what I see?" is a game my son and I often play. Staring into the clouds we name the shapes we see. "Do you see the alligator?" "Do you see the elephant?" "Do you see the sail boat?" The object of the game  is to find what the other person saw before it disappears or changes shape. It's amazing how the clouds form and change their shape and disappear without a trace.

     One day we will look up into the sky and ask, "Do you see Jesus?" "Then "everyone will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds with great power and glory (Mark 13:26)."  Just as he went up, in accordance with Acts 1:11, 'in the same way that they have seen Him going into heaven' he will return. The disciples got the honor of watching his ascension into heaven. They saw him walking and talking after his death. If that wasn't enough, they got to stand with him as he lifted off and floated up into the clouds disappearing into heaven. Christ will return in the same way he left, riding on the clouds.

Why do you stand looking up into heaven?

     Are you looking up into heaven with a great expectation of his return as he promised? Are you living as if at any given moment you will look up in the sky and see Jesus returning? No one knows the day or the time a thief will call on your home or your car but more than likely you lock your doors every time you leave them. No one knows the day or time Jesus will return but we know where. Every time you walk out the door, do you look up to the clouds with great expectations? One day "everyone will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds with great power and glory."

     Do you see the alligator? Do you see the sail boat? Do you see the Son of Man?
STUDY GUIDE:

 Follow along in JOHN: 90 Days with the Beloved Disciple by Beth Moore pages 111-114
 Read Acts 1:1-11
 Answer the questions in your study guide.
 Share a brief highlight or two from your thoughts and answers in a comment posted to the group. (Read guidelines and cautions posted August 1, 2010 before you post).
 Read the comments of others and share your thoughts and encouragement with them by replying to their comments. Identify which post you are responding to by addressing them and their subject or pasting a brief portion of their reply at the start of your post.

PRAY WITH ME:
Lord, Thank you for all the convincing proofs you have given  us through your word and for your promises that we can look forward to. Give us the joy of living with the expectation of your return and the faith that looks up into the heavens every day looking for you. In Jesus Name, Amen.