We the disciples of Christ faithfully gather together week after week in worship. In an interesting way today it dawned upon me that the account of His disciples gathering together with Him that last time we find in Acts 1 has great signifigance - in the sense of our gathering together weekly as His disciples to worship Him even as they did. And because they gathered with Him they were told:
"When the Holy Spirit comes on you, you will be able to be my witnesses in Jerusalem, all over Judea and Samaria, even to the ends of the world." If we gather as we should in His name and for His glory faithfully, He will be faithful to make us witnesses beginning right in our homes and in the places we live, extending out to those areas around us, our country and yes, the whole world.
Our involvement in witness is direct and indirect. We can be involved by praying for the lost in all those places and for those who will go. We can give so that both we and others can go directly and witness in the power of the Holy Spirit.
In a very real sense, as we gather to worship every week, He says to us, "Ye shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and ye shall be witnesses to Me in your home town, your state and nation, and the entire world." God, in our worship as we yield to you as totally yours, may we be given your global vision that begins here at home. mjm
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