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December 26
WHY STAND YE GAZING

Scripture: Acts 1:9-11 “And when he had spoken these things, while they beheld, he was taken up; and a cloud received him out of their sight. And while they looked stedfastly toward heaven as he went up, two men stood by them in white apparel; Which also said, Ye men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing up into heaven? This same Jesus, which is take up from you into heaven, shall so come in like manner as ye have seen him go into heaven.”

     We have seen the coming of the Savior into this world, born as a little baby in Bethlehem, but when He had fulfilled what He came to do, the Scripture tells us that He ascended back into heaven. The Lord came for the purpose of dying on the cross and shedding His blood there that the sins of all mankind could be forgiven. He fulfilled what He came to do! His sacrifice and His blood is what makes it possible for us to be saved from sin today! He paid the penalty price for sin. But it did not end there! On the third day, Jesus got up from the grave, victorious over death, hell and the grave.
     Forty days afterward we see Him here in this text, promising power to His disciples and instructing them that they were to be witness for Him in all the world. As He instructed these disciples, the Scripture tells us that He was taken up, and a cloud received Him out of their sight. The disciples were so awe struck that they just stood there looking up into heaven.
     The text tells us that two men in white apparel stood by them. Their message was one of a prophetic nature. They were told that this same Jesus would return one day in the same way that He had left. A cloud received Him out of their sight and one day He’s coming back on a cloud!
     Before they delivered this message to the disciples, they ask them a question, “why stand ye gazing up into heaven?” I want us to think about this question today! So many times in the lives of Christians today, they are guilty of doing nothing but standing gazing for Jesus. We have so much more to do than that! What are you doing for Jesus today, dear friend? Are you working or gazing? Let’s get busy for Him today!