While They Watched
Now when He had spoken these things, while they watched, He was taken up, and a cloud received Him out of their sight. And while they looked steadfastly toward heaven as He went up, behold, two men stood by them in white apparel, who also said, “Men of Galilee, why do you stand gazing up into heaven? This same Jesus, who was taken up from you into heaven, will so come in like manner as you saw Him go into heaven.” (Acts 1:9-11) The disciples were looking for Jesus in the wrong place. They were gazing into the skies where He ascended, but He was not there. How often we, like the disciples, look for the Lord in the places we expect, but He has moved on. Yet, if we simply remember the things Jesus told us, we will understand He is being true to the words He spoke. He has gone to be with the Father, He dwells in us by His Spirit, and He is coming again to receive us to Himself. That is the blessed hope of believers, and true believers know where to find the Lord. “H...