[Discoveries] 08-10-08 A bigger vision -- Acts 1:4-9

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/*On one occasion, while he was eating with them, he gave them this 
command: "Do not leave Jerusalem, but wait for the gift my Father 
promised, which you have heard me speak about. For John baptized with 
water, but in a few days you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit." So 
when they met together, they asked him, "Lord, are you at this time 
going to restore the kingdom to Israel?" He said to them: "It is not for 
you to know the times or dates the Father has set by his own authority. 
But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you 
will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to 
the ends of the earth." After he said this, he was taken up before their 
very eyes, and a cloud hid him from their sight. -- Acts 1:4-9*/

Why do we need power? Because God's vision is so much greater than our 
own. The disciples hoped for a restoration of Israel's sovereignty and 
preeminence among the nations. God was way, way beyond them. He was here 
to transform an entire world. He was looking through the generations at 
a redeemed people numbering in the hundreds of millions.

We are God's witnesses. Does a witness need special power to testify 
about what he has seen? No. But God's witnesses bring light into places 
of darkness. Power is needed to break the domain of darkness and usher 
in the Kingdom of God's Dear Son.

We cannot change the fact that we are connected to something bigger than 
us, bigger than our plans, bigger than our imagination. Get used to it. 
This is your place as a son or daughter of God.

Be encouraged!
Dwight

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