4 And being assembled together with them, He commanded them not to depart from Jerusalem, but to wait for the Promise of the Father, “which,” He said, “you have heard from Me; 5 for John truly baptized with water, but you shall be baptized with the Holy Spirit not many days from now.” 6 Therefore, when they had come together, they asked Him, saying, “Lord, will You at this time restore the kingdom to Israel?” 7 And He said to them, “It is not for you to know times or seasons which the Father has put in His own authority. 8 But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be witnesses to Me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.”


It is so easy for me to be critical of the disciples here. They had just seen Jesus come back to life. Shouldn’t they be hanging on to every word He says? Isn’t being baptized in the Spirit enough? Don’t you knuckleheads know what being baptized in the Spirit is going to mean for you? Instead they are still focused on their agenda of restoring the kingdom to Israel. It’s always easier for me to see the faults of the disciples and others than it is to see my own weaknesses. Shouldn’t I be content with just being baptized in the Spirit? Too often I am the knucklehead looking elsewhere for my agenda to be done rather than the Lord’s will to be done. Lord please forgive me! It’s easy for me to sing, “be my all in all, I surrender all, and You are more than enough,“ but it’s a lot harder for me to live those lyrics out. Let me be content with being baptized in the Spirit and Your will (not my own) being done in my life.