The Way
Friday, April 10, 2026 | Start Where You Are
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Scripture
Acts 1:8
"But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth."
The Story
These are the last words Jesus spoke before he ascended.
Not a doctrine. Not a farewell. A direction. He told the disciples exactly where to go and in what order: Jerusalem first — the city where everything had just happened, where they were known, where it would cost something to speak. Then Judea and Samaria — the surrounding region, the uncomfortable neighbors, the people they would rather not engage. Then the ends of the earth.
The sequence is not accidental. It starts where they are. Jerusalem is not a stepping stone to the more important mission — it is the mission. You do not get to the ends of the earth by skipping the room you are already standing in.
The Way Before You
The life that follows Easter moves. It does not settle into a private experience of the resurrection and protect it from the world. It takes what it has received and carries it out — first into Jerusalem, then further, then further still.
Jerusalem for the disciples was the hardest place to start. It was the city that had just crucified Jesus. The people who had shouted Hosanna on Sunday and Crucify him on Friday were still there. The religious leaders who had engineered his death still held their positions. Jerusalem was not a safe starting point. It was the only starting point.
Your Jerusalem is the room you are already in. The workplace, the neighborhood, the family table, the relationship that is difficult and close. The resurrection does not call you to find a better context for your witness — it calls you to be a witness in the context you are already in. Start there. Start now. The ends of the earth will come.
Reflection
What is your Jerusalem — the room right in front of you where the resurrection needs to be carried — and what is keeping you from starting there?
Prayer
Lord, I am better at thinking about the ends of the earth than I am at showing up in Jerusalem. I would rather imagine the bigger mission than do the harder thing right in front of me. Start me where I am. Give me the courage to be a witness in the actual room I am standing in — before I worry about what comes next. I pray this in Jesus' name. Amen.
Walking in The Way — Today's Step ⭐
Today I will: Identify my Jerusalem — the specific room right in front of me where the resurrection needs to be carried — and take one step toward it today.
I will watch for: The temptation to skip Jerusalem in favor of something that feels more significant — and let that be the signal to start exactly where I am.
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