Acts 1:10-11. They were looking intently up into the sky as he was going, when suddenly two men dressed in white stood beside them. 11 “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.”
If you believe that Jesus is the Christ, you can live with absolute assurance that everything has already been finished. There is no reason to live in fear or anxiety. You will no longer wander aimlessly, for the Word lights your path and directs your steps. You will press on toward the goal for which Christ Jesus took hold of you (Philippians 3:12). You will gladly surrender everything for the sake of the gospel (Acts 20:24).
This was the secret of the men of Galilee. By holding firmly to the covenant of Christ (Acts 1:1), the kingdom of God (Acts 1:3), and the promised Holy Spirit (Acts 1:8), they were transformed from ordinary men into extraordinary witnesses. On the day of Pentecost, the Spirit of God came like wind and fire (Acts 2:1–5), and through them, the gospel eventually reached Rome (Romans 16).
The same covenant of world evangelization that was given to the early disciples has now been entrusted to you. This is not a distant promise but a living reality written into your life. Jesus declared, “This gospel of the kingdom will be preached in the whole world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come” (Matthew 24:14). The covenant will be fulfilled exactly as He promised. No power of darkness, no scheme of the enemy, and no weakness of man can stop it. Until the day He returns, your life has been set apart to carry this covenant forward—to shine the light of Christ to the nations and to stand as a witness of the One who loved you and died for you.
On that day, as Jesus Himself foretold, “the Son of Man will come on the clouds of heaven, with power and great glory” (Matthew 24:30). And as Paul wrote, “God exalted Him to the highest place and gave Him the name that is above every name, that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow… and every tongue acknowledge that Jesus Christ is Lord” (Philippians 2:9–11). Even the nations that rage against God, the rulers who conspire in vain, and the powers that resist Him will all be brought under His authority (Psalm 2:1–2).
Until then, Jesus has already warned us about the condition of the world: “You will hear of wars and rumors of wars… Nation will rise against nation… There will be famines and earthquakes… All these are the beginning of birth pains” (Matthew 24:6–8). Yet you need not be alarmed. You are a child of the King. His eyes, like blazing fire, are upon you. He is leading you to the ends of the earth to bear witness to the gospel (Acts 1:8).
Do not fear people or the world. The risen Lord Jesus—ascended and seated at the right hand of the Father—is working with you even now, confirming His Word through the Holy Spirit (Mark 16:19-20). The gospel that Jesus is the Christ will be proclaimed to every nation before He comes again.
So don’t remain trapped in fear or weighed down by the circumstances of the present moment. Fix your eyes on the throne of God and approach Him with faith, asking for a double portion of heavenly power and thronely authority for world evangelization. Step forward with courage. Walk in assurance. Move with strength, carrying the gospel wherever you go.
The Triune God will be your bartizan, walking with you on your covenant journey and establishing guideposts of light throughout the world.
Prayer. Lord Jesus, thank You for watching over me with eyes like blazing fire. Help me to hold onto the covenant of the future until the day You return. Use my life as Your instrument to proclaim the gospel to the nations. In Your mighty name, Amen.