Emphasis Preaching Journal
Empowered for mission
Commentary
God's Easter people were called into being for a purpose. Their task was nothing less than continuing the mission of Jesus on earth. Slowly, it dawned on the disciples that Jesus was counting on them to be witnesses to the resurrection and to the saving power of God. Like a lot of us, they no doubt had feelings of inadequacy -- an inability to fully understand the enormity of winning a world for Christ, and a feeling of powerlessness in the face of so much opposition.
