When they therefore were come together, they asked of Him, saying, Lord, wilt Thou at this time restore again the kingdom to Israel
Although this isn’t really what this passage is about, it reminds me of when one of my grandsons was younger and we would ask him if he wanted to spend the day with us. He wanted to know what we were going to do before he would commit to coming with us.
I don’t think it’s positive for us to foster the attitude that if we do something exciting enough, then he will grace us with his presence. Out of stubbornness, I didn’t tell him what we were doing before he made his decision. If he decided to go with us, he could do all the interesting things that we were going to do. If not, that was okay too, because he has the ability to make his own choices.
Well, I think that God works in much the same way. God doesn’t give us the dates of the major events of the world. Or else we might reply, “Well, if I know what’s in it for me first, God, and I think it’s to my advantage, then I will consider being Your follower.” God wants us to be His followers out of blind faith and love and not be What's In It For Me Christians.
Since this is an example of the positive influence God has made on my walk with Christ, this may not reflect the whole meaning of the Bible verses.
