Exciting Things

         Years ago, I had the ministry of junior church.  I was trying to give the gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ to children.  We had a ministry where we would bring the children into the church each Sunday morning and during the worship time, I would be teaching junior church to them.  We never knew just how long the worship service was going to last and would post someone close to the door to let us know when they were on their last hymn.  During junior church, I would often preach something to them about the Life of Christ.  On Tuesday of each week, I would ride my bicycle over to another church to be taught the same lesson that I would teach on Sunday.  This was a ministry of Child Evangelism Fellowship.  We told the story of Christ over and over again and many children were saved during those meetings.  The life of Christ can be found in the Gospels.  After the Gospels, we come to the Book of Acts which is one of my favorite books.  It is one of my favorites because the disciples had the opportunity to be with Christ during the Gospels and then they went out to build the church.  The Book of Acts doesn't end because the work is still going on.   Acts 1:8 says, "But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth." 
         I wasn't there but I sure can picture this event.  Christ was getting ready to leave the earth and to return to heaven.  This is one thing that the disciples probably didn't understand.  I don't understand all the features of this glorious even.  There He, the savior, the Lord Jesus Christ giving to the disciples His final words and then that event that seemed to be utterly impossible from our standpoint, occurred.  He ascended into heaven.  Of course, everything that Christ did in the Gospels was important, miraculous and amazing but this next event was perhaps the seal of it all. Perhaps if we had been standing there when it occurred, we would be more excited about our faith today.  We read about it in God's Word and get just a little excited but not enough to change the world.  It seems like an event that is so far away from us that it is almost a fable or a myth or perhaps just a good story.  The bottom line however, is this.  It did occur and is just as amazing today as it was over 2,000 years ago.  We can have the zeal of Mary, Mary Magdalene, Martha, Peter, Paul, Philip and even doubting Thomas.  We can have that zeal because of the Word of God, our Bible, the Bible which is God's letter to us common folks.  Maybe we should re read the Book of Acts and get our button pushed again.  Not only did the Lord Jesus Christ ascend into heaven, He is coming back to get His Bride. Now that should really excite you today!   Praise God for His Message to us.