Acts 1:7-8 (NASB)
7 He said to them, “It is not for you to know times or epochs which the Father has fixed by His own authority;
8 but you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be My witnesses both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and even to the remotest part of the earth.”

It must have been quite confusing to the disciples as Jesus speaks the last words of instruction to them just before He ascended into heaven. They had followed Him thinking He would overthrow the Roman Empire, but instead He was crucified. Then, amazing as it might seem, He returned to them just as He predicted in three days. Jesus was back again in their midst. But then, just as suddenly, He was gone once again. They must have been full of questions about when, where, how all of this was going to turn out. Jesus, in His last words tells them that this is not something that they are to know. The future is all under the authority of the Father.

But He tells them something quite wonderful. The helper He had described to them would come in a few days and would fill them with its power! They would be His witnesses throughout the earth. They were to share the Good News. And they did.

Heavenly Father, blessings and honor and glory to You, my King. I pray for your Holy Spirit to fill the chambers of my heart each and every day. I don’t need to know the when or the where, but only that I will be your witness of the Good News that Jesus brought to all. It is in His matchless name that I pray. Amen.

Always praying for the glory of God,