Devotion - Tuesday, April 26

"How do we go on? Now that Jesus has been taken from us?"

If these words were not spoken, their question rang out in every action and thought of Jesus' earliest followers. They were worried, they were frightened, they were unsure where to turn for continued instruction.

Jesus had already told them where to turn; what to expect. In John 14 he has spoken of the days when he would no longer be among them. He has promised them, "The Counselor, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he will teach you all things, and bring to remembrance all that I have said to you."

It is the Holy Spirit who sets aside our fears, our concerns.

In Acts 2, when the people realize the horror of what they have done to Jesus, they ask, "What are we to do?" Peter tells them, "Repent, and be baptized... and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit."

It is the Holy Spirit who helps us to know what we are to do.

The Resurrected Jesus will make several visits among his followers. The Resurrected Jesus sits at God's right hand and continues to intercede for us. The third person of the Trinity, that Holy Spirit, remains with us.