10 Days of Easter: Day 9

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Truth from the Bible: Jesus ascended to heaven, returning to the Father, and will one day return to gather all of His children.
What do I do with it?: You'll evaluate your life and what, if any, changes you need to make to be more on mission with God.

Begin by reading today's passage, Acts 1:1-11.

In my former book, Theophilus, I wrote about all that Jesus began to do and to teach until the day he was taken up to heaven, after giving instructionsthrough the Holy Spirit to the apostles he had chosen. After his suffering, he presented himself to them and gave many convincing proofs that he was alive. He appeared to them over a period of forty days and spoke about the kingdom of God. On one occasion, while he was eating with them, he gave them this command: “Do not leave Jerusalem, but wait for the gift my Father promised, which you have heard me speak about. For John baptized with water, but in a few days you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit.”

Then they gathered around him and asked him, “Lord, are you at this time going to restore the kingdom to Israel?” He said to them: “It is not for you to know the times or dates the Father has set by his own authority. But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.”

After he said this, he was taken up before their very eyes, and a cloud hid him from their sight. They were looking intently up into the sky as he was going, when suddenly two men dressed in white stood beside them. “Men of Galilee,” they said, “why do you stand here looking into the sky? This same Jesus, who has been taken from you into heaven, will come back in the same way you have seen him go into heaven.”
-Acts 1 (NIV)

Consider this:
If you were there that day, how would you have felt as Jesus rose into heaven?

Contemplate the following quotes:

"God doesn't ask your ability or your inability. He asks only your availability."-Mary Kay Ash

"God doesn't call people who are qualified. He calls people who are willing, and then He qualifies them."-Richard Parker

With Jesus's words fresh in your mind, come up with three words you can repeat throughout the day that will remind you to be available for God to use you for His purposes.