Acts 8

Acts 8:26-28 And the angel of the Lord spake unto Phillip saying “Arise, and go South unto the way that goeth down from Jerusalem unto Gaza, which is desert”. And he arose and went: and, behold a man of Ethiopia, an eunuch of great authority under Cadace queen of the Ethiopians, who had the charge of all her treasure, and had come to Jerusalem for to worship, was returning and sitting in his chariot reading Esaias the prophet. Then the Spirit said unto Philip, “Go near, and join thyself to this chariot”

One of the many things I learned while reading this chapter is the value of one soul. God sent Philip to a desert road for one lost soul. A desert road doesn’t seem a likely place to find a convert, but Philip did not question God. He simply obeyed. As Christians, it is our duty to share the gospel with everyone we meet. When witnessing, we tend to choose those that we think would be likely candidates (i.e. the nice looking, the well dresses, the more distinguished, those who are in our age group or are our friends), but God does not have preferences. We must remember that we are all born in sin and shapen in iniquity, and it is only the blood of Jesus Christ that saves us. So weather God wants to send us to a rich neighborhood or to a desert road, we must be willing to obey.

Jordan Mills