They might have all been thinking, "He's gone. Jesus is really gone. What in the world do we do?" (Acts 1:9-26) It seems that Peter went to the scripture to find out more about God's plan. And they all went to prayer and waiting - like Jesus had said.
Soon Peter is emboldened to stand up in front of the 120 devout praying folks and proclaim that all that had happened with Jesus and Judas was just as the scripture had foretold. (Really that betrayal must have been a terrible blow.) So Peter says that another must take Judas' place. (Psalm 109:8)
In short, it was time to move on. So the folks came up with the names of two men who had been through it all. But how to choose? Well, they prayed and "they they drew straws. Matthias won and was counted in with the eleven apostles." (The Message)
How's that for faith! I love it.
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