Light for My Path Daily Devotion
Bible Reading
So when they were together with him, they asked, “Lord, is this the time when you are going to restore the kingdom to Israel?” He said to them, “It is not for you to know the times or seasons that the Father has set by his own authority. But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.” After he said these things, he was taken up while they were watching, and a cloud took him out of their sight. They were looking intently into the sky as he went away. Suddenly, two men in white clothes stood beside them. They said, “Men of Galilee, why are you standing here looking up into the sky? This same Jesus, who has been taken up from you into heaven, will come back in the same way you have seen him go into heaven.” (Acts 1:6-11 EHV)
Hymn ELH 389:2-4 A Hymn of Glory Let Us Sing
The holy apostolic band
Upon the Mount of Olives stand.
Alleluia! Alleluia!
And with His followers they see
Jesus’ resplendent majesty.
Alleluia! Alleluia!
Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!
To whom the angels, drawing nigh,
“Why stand and gaze upon the sky?
Alleluia! Alleluia!
This is the Savior,” thus they say,
“This is His noble triumph day.”
Alleluia! Alleluia!
Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!
“Again shall ye behold Him so
As ye today have seen Him go,
Alleluia! Alleluia!
“In glorious pomp ascending high
Up to the portals of the sky.”
Alleluia! Alleluia!
Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!
Prayer
Jesus, my Risen and Ascended Lord and Savior, teach me through Your Word to always be ready for Your return, always looking forward to that day with joy and anticipation, knowing that all my sins are forgiven. Amen.
