Acts 1:24-26 Then they prayed and said, ‘Lord, you know everyone’s heart. Show us which one of these two you have chosen to take the place* in this ministry and apostleship from which Judas turned aside to go to his own place.’ And they cast lots for them, and the lot fell on Matthias; and he was added to the eleven apostles.
You know Dasher and Dancer and Prancer and Vixen, Comet and Cupid, Peter and James and John and Matthew and Andrew and Thomas. But do you recall, the last apostle picked of all.
Matthias, the little known apostle, had a very shiney nose.
Well, he might have? I don't know. Anyway... we all know that one of Jesus' initial twelve disciples was not around for the birth of the church after Easter. Judas was gone. He had killed himself after betraying Jesus. The disciples knew that a lot of work was ahead, now after Easter and after the Ascension. They knew they had a lot to do to spread the life-giving message about Jesus to all the world. No hole could be left unfilled. So they filled it with Mathias.
We have a lot of work to do too. Where are there holes that need filling?
In Christ,
Pastor Seth
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