Today's Bible reading is the 1st chapter of the Book of Acts. You can read it here at Bible Gateway: http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Acts+1&version=NASB

Prior to His ascension, the risen Lord Jesus instructed His disciples to not leave Jerusalem but to remain there until the promised coming and baptism of the Holy Spirit. The coming of the third person of the Godhead, the Holy Spirit, the Helper, was as sure as the coming of the Son. His coming was a promise of God, the keeper of all promises. Regarding His coming, the disciples were asking if it would indicate the time that He would be restoring the kingdom to Israel. We can learn much from Jesus' answer. He told them that it was not theirs "to know times or epochs which the Father has fixed by His own authority" but to know that when the promised Helper came, that they would receive power when the Holy Spirit had come upon them, and that so empowered, they would be His witnesses. Like those before us, we too can get caught up in trying to know the "times or epochs" which God has chosen not to disclose to us. There is enough that God has given us to know to last the longest of lifetimes seeking to know "the breadth and length and height and depth". May we learn to rest in things "the Father has fixed by His own authority." They are unchangeable and will come too pass according to His divine will. Let us remember the power that has visited upon us and the purpose for which He came. His witness we are. May we be them by Holy Spirit power.