(Acts 1:4-12)-(Mark 13:32-37)-"WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING FOR?"
Intro:  The Lord had just given His Disciples His commission and His promise. Then, He ascended into Heaven in the sight of all of them.   Earlier in his ministry he told Philipp in John 6:62-"What and if ye shall see the Son of man ascend up where he was before?"  AND THEY DID!!!  As Christ ascends into the sky, the Disciples just stand there staring up into the clouds.  I wonder what they were looking for? Of course, the Lord sends an angel to them to give them the glorious promise that Jesus Himself will return from Heaven at some future date in the same way he went up!
Titus 2:13 Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ; 
2 Peter 3:12 Looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of God, wherein the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat? --(TOPIC)

I realized that many people who claim to be Christ's Disciples in this age are doing the same thing those men were 2,000 years ago: Just standing there staring and not doing a thing for God!   But the New Testament shares with us several great events that we should all be looking for. Allow me to share a few of those with you this evening.
I. WE SHOULD BE LOOKING FOR CHRIST--Luke 21:25-28-" And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring;  Men's hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth: for the powers of heaven shall be shaken. And then shall they see the Son of man coming in a cloud with power and great glory. And when these things begin to come to pass, then look up, and lift up your heads; for your redemption draweth nigh. 
He promised that He would return and that His people should be watching for Him.   In fact, the last promise in the bible centered around His return,   Revelation 22:20-" He which testifieth these things saith, Surely I come quickly. Amen. Even so, come, Lord Jesus."   Have you given up on looking for the Savior's return?
II. WE SHOULD BE LOOKING FOR OUR CHANGE--Titus 2:13-" Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ;"
According to the Bible, when Jesus returns, all the redeemed will experience a great bodily change. That is an event that we should all be looking forward to with great delight!  1 Corinthians 15:51-52-" Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed,  In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed." 
1 Thessalonians 4:13-18-" But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope. For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him.  For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them which are asleep. For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first:  Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.  Wherefore comfort one another with these words." 
1 John 3:2-" Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is."

III. WE SHOULD BE LOOKING FOR THAT CITY--Hebrews 11:8-10-" By faith Abraham, when he was called to go out into a place which he should after receive for an inheritance, obeyed; and he went out, not knowing whither he went.  By faith he sojourned in the land of promise, as in a strange country, dwelling in tabernacles with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise:  For he looked for a city which hath foundations, whose builder and maker is God. "
Abraham set the right example for us. He was looking for a better city.... and I am too! Of course, John was privileged to see that city, and one of these days, I'll get to see her too!   Revelation 21:1-2-" And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea.  And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.   John 14:3 -"And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also." . 
IV. WE SHOULD BE LOOKING FOR THE CONSUMMATION--
2 Peter 3:9-14-"The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.  But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up.  Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness,  Looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of God, wherein the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat?  Nevertheless we, according to his promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness.  Wherefore, beloved, seeing that ye look for such things, be diligent that ye may be found of him in peace, without spot, and blameless. "
By consumation, I mean that time when everything is placed under the feet of the Lord Jesus....that time when He is exalted, and reigning on the earth....that time when all the world will bow before Him and praise His  Name!- Philippians 2:8-11" And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross. Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name:  That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth;  And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father. 
V. WE SHOULD BE LOOKING TO OUR CHAMPION--Hebrews 12:1-3-" Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us, Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.  For consider him that endured such contradiction of sinners against himself, lest ye be wearied and faint in your minds."
All of the things I have mentioned are great and will be wonderful to experience. However, they are all out there in the future. While we run the present race, we spend our days looking to Jesus for His help and His leadership. 
Conc: So, what are you looking for tonight? A raise? A new this or that? A better life for your family? Or, are you looking for those things that will only be found in Jesus?