Assignments. Acts 1.

Jesus' followers were given two assignments: wait for the promised gift of the Holy Spirit, and then be His witnesses. I'll be watching in the coming weeks to see if that's what they do.

In the meantime, I'm intrigued by the new apostle they chose, Matthias. He has been with the 12, "all the time the Lord Jesus associated with us." A quick search by computer for Matthias reveals that he is never mentioned by name again. Here's someone who walked with Jesus, learned from Jesus, and served Jesus in a position of importance, but we know nothing of his particular actions. We do know this -- he was chosen to also be a witness to Jesus' resurrection. Another witness to who Jesus is, and what He did.

We're called to do that, too. Be a witness. A very few of us may get mentioned in various records of the acts of Christ's church. But God needs all of us to be His witnesses. In the long span of time between Jesus' instructions to the apostles, and our decisions to follow Him, there have been hundreds of Matthiases who were faithful in following those instructions. I, too, want to be a Matthias for others.