Now an angel of the Lord spoke to Philip, saying, “Arise and go toward the south along the road which goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza.” This is desert.
Acts 8:26
Acts 8:26
Philip was in the middle of a successful evangelic effort. Many people were being saved. The Apostles had come down to help because so much was happening. Now an angel tells him to leave and go out into the desert!? To Philip’s credit he obeys. As he heads south he sees a man in a chariot who, is of all things reading the book of Isaiah. The Spirit tells him this is the man I sent you to talk to catch up to him. Philip joins the man and explains the prophecy to him in the light of Christ’s life. The man receives Christ and is baptized. Oh yeah, he just happened to be a very powerful official from another country on his way home. Not only did God bring salvation to the man He sent it to the man’s country with him.
God’s directions in our lives aren’t always so easily understood. He doesn’t always give us a neat explanation that clears things up for us. So we need our faith to help us follow His instructions when we don’t have all the details. We have enough narratives like this as well as life experience to allow us to trust Him for the times we don’t know how events will work out.
Jesus, You are my Master. Help me obey You with a pure, unswerving heart!
On The Road He Sent Me To Travel,
Pastor Jason
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