Where our focus should be? Today's daily devotion from Pastor Greg Laurie.

Our scripture reading today is from Acts 1 verse 6. So when the apostles were with Jesus,

they kept asking him, Lord, has the time come for you to free Israel and restore our kingdom?

After his resurrection, Jesus said to his disciples,

but you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you, and you will be my witnesses,

telling people about me everywhere, in Jerusalem, throughout Judea, in Samaria, and to the ends of

the earth. This statement was prompted by the following question from the disciples. Lord,

has the time come for you to free Israel and restore our kingdom? The disciples thought that the

Messiah, Jesus, had come to establish the kingdom of God on earth. This is why it seemed like a mistake

when he was crucified. But as the scriptures foretold, the Messiah would come first to suffer and

die for the sins of the world. Then he would return to earth and establish his kingdom therein.

Jesus told them, the Father alone has the authority to set those dates and times, and they are not

for you to know. In other words, guys, will you get over this already? I'm not going to establish my

earthly kingdom right now. That will come later. Stop focusing on when I'll return, and instead focus

on what you're to do until I return. Today, there are still people asking when Jesus is coming back,

and an occasional misguided person will say they know the date of Christ's return. But Jesus said,

no one knows the day or hour when these things will happen, not even the angels in heaven or the

sun himself, only the Father knows. Our focus, therefore, should be on what we're supposed to do

while we await Christ's return. The early church had a job to do, and so do we. Jesus' words and

Acts 1 were not only for the first century believers. He is still calling us to tell people everywhere

about him.