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Discipleship Focus: Abide
- Abide: This is a moment, day, or even a season when we focus on God. It is a time when we are rejuvenated by God. It is the time for us to gather up what we will need for the coming growth after a season of pruning. However, abiding is not the end. We abide so that we can grow, bear fruit, prune, and abide again.
Acts chapter one is akin to the deep breath before God’s story
really picks up momentum. Jesus
came. Jesus made disciples. Jesus died.
Jesus rose. Jesus ascended. Now Jesus is gone and the Holy Spirit is
coming to really get things going. But
there is a pause here. There is time for
the disciples to abide.
What do we see the disciples doing in this time? We see the disciples begin an incredibly
healthy tradition. They get together and
fellowship. They get together and
support one another. They spend time
around one another.
When Jesus’ disciples need to recuperate, abide, recover strength,
rest, plan, or anything else we see them coming together. It’s a great lesson. I think it is also a very important
lesson. It is, after all, the first
lesson in the whole of the book of Acts.
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