God’s perfect plan for our involvement might seem over the top with the original Pentecost filled with a “strong driving wind,” “tongues as of fire” and speaking in different tongues, but why shouldn’t it be? We are created out of God’s love to build the Kingdom of God by bringing people to God. Without God’s help, we would not be able to accomplish this. We need to be of the same Spirit to spread His message of love through preaching, healing and forgiving.
In my earlier days, I travelled for work. Sometimes I was gone for a few days and at other times for a week. My wife, Candi, travelled extensively for years leaving on Sunday evening and returning Friday night. For many years, she averaged 30 to 35 weeks annually. Our standing joke is that it kept us together as a couple because we always have new stories to tell one another to keep our relationship fresh and alive.
In the weeks after Easter, prior to Pentecost, the Sunday readings and
Gospels introduce us to multiple ways of how best to be a disciple of Jesus.
In the Second Sunday of Easter it involved believing without having physical proof to help one believe. The Third Sunday was about overcoming the truth about scriptural references to Jesus’ resurrection. The Fourth Sunday was listening to God’s call for us as a shepherd calls His sheep.
