NOTE: Obviously, this was written a couple of months back. Sorry for the delay in posting this. Hopefully, you'll get the point anyway.
Our children started school today. Overall, things went really well. Everybody got up, got ready and got going. They knew what they had to do.
Can you imagine what it must have been like for the apostles meeting with the Lord for the first time? When Christ called the first disciples, they were busy getting on with the business of their daily lives... but they got up, got ready and got going. They knew what they had to do. School was in session. Their education had begun.
They met Christ and went with him immediately. They followed him right away. If only we all had the same will to follow. If only we did what we know we must do. That, more than anything would speed the coming of the Kingdom. Scripture tells us that Jesus will return when everyone has had a chance to hear the Good News, when the Gospel is preached to all nations. Let's get crackin' folks.
It must have been a devastating blow for the disciples to watch and/or learn of the Lord's crucifixion. They must have felt completely lost. Yet Jesus would return to them and remain with them for many days before His Ascension. How confusing and bittersweet this moment must have been. The Lord was leaving them again. This time, with instructions, a mission, a purpose, and a promise to not only be with them, but to return again.
It was kind of like dropping my son off at school. No doubt it was a bittersweet moment for both of us - probably more bitter than sweet to hear either of us tell it. Still, there was a purpose and a promise to return. School is in session. We are both teachers and students. What can we learn from Jesus today? What will we do to educate the rest of the world, until our Father comes to pick us up?
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