I Commissioned My Disciples & Ascended to My Father

Meditations based on readings from

The Story of My Life As Told by Jesus Christ

March 5, 2020

I Commissioned My Disciples & Ascended to My Father

Page 331-335

Matthew 28:18-20; Mark 16:8c, 14a, 15-28, 20;

Luke 24:44-49;

Mark 16:19; Luke 24:50-53

“Therefore, go and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit. Teach these new disciples to obey all the commands I have given you. And be sure of this: I am with you always, even to the end of the age” Matthew 28:19-20.

Jesus has commissioned us to be a living testimony for his grace and mercy. When I think of being a living witness, I recall the words of Morgan Harper Nichols who is a Christian recording artist and songwriter. She wrote,

“Tell the story of the mountain you climbed.

Your words could become a page in someone else’s survival guide.”

When I think of our being a living testimony for Jesus, I know I can share about the mountain I climbed through my medical issues.  I share the prayer that sustains me in difficult times. It is from verse 4 of the 23rd Psalm: Thou art with me. That prayer was on my lips as I was rolled into the surgery suite for my open-heart surgery, and my wife tells me that the nurses told her that those words were still on my lips when I awoke from the anesthesia.

1 Thessalonians 5:11 calls us to edify, or build up one another. We can do this by being a living witness for Jesus, telling the story of the mountain we climbed, and become a page in someone else’s survival guide.

Recently, a young man shared that an older gentleman in his church had more peace than he did about a hard situation they were facing. The young man said, “You have more faith than me.” And the older gentleman responded, “No, I have more experience with a faithful God.” I suspect those words are now recorded in that young man’s survival guide.

My Takeaway: For me, the most important part of Jesus’ commissioning of his disciples is, “And be sure of this: I am with you always . . .”

Sē’lah

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(Selah is a word that appears in the Book of Psalms that I often use as the Complimentary Closing in my correspondence. Its meaning, as I use the word, is to pause and think about these things.)

These meditations are written by Alex M. Knight as he seeks the life in Christ as his way of life.  The meditations are published on the BLOG, http://seekingthelifeinchrist.blogspot.com/ and they are also distributed on the Constant Contact email server. You may subscribe to this email service by sending an email to: amkrom812@gmail.com. The BLOG is also available on Amazon Kindle, by subscription.

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• The second edition of  First Think – Then Pray is available on Amazon Kindle.

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