“Now an angel of the Lord said to Philip, "Rise and go toward the south to the road that goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza." This is a desert place. And he rose and went. And there was an Ethiopian, a eunuch, a court official of Candace, queen of the Ethiopians, who was in charge of all her treasure. He had come to Jerusalem to worship and was returning, seated in his chariot, and he was reading the prophet Isaiah. And the Spirit said to Philip, "Go over and join this chariot." So, Philip ran to him and heard him reading Isaiah the prophet and asked, "Do you understand what you are reading?" And he said, "How can I, unless someone guides me?" And he invited Philip to come up and sit with him.” Acts 8:26-31
This story really should cause each of us to consider the many precise and intentional things that God did in order to save a single human soul. Here is this single man, a eunuch from Ethiopia, a queen's treasurer, who was traveling through the desert on his way home. God sends Philip out of his normal activities to go meet him on the side of the road. They have a small Bible study over Isaiah and you know the rest; the man gets baptized, and the Holy Spirit grabs Philip and takes him away. All that work just to make bring one more soul into the Kingdom!
Now take a close look at the two young children in the photo. Let’s call them blue bowl and white bowl since I don’t know their names. What do you see? Two hungry Haitian kids in a school with a Trinity HOPE feeding program. I see fifty cents; the cost of filling the blue and white bowls. God sees two more souls headed into the Kingdom. How do you suppose HE will get the two quarters from your North American change jar in Trinity HOPE in Nashville, TN and then wired to their school feeding program director in Haiti so they can purchase the food and a Haitian cook can prepare their lunch and HE will use those two, blue and white bowl to save a soul?
HE sent Philip into a desert to meet the eunuch and getting your pocket change to blue and white bowl is no challenge for our God. HE does that 42,500 times every day. Do you feel a nudge? One bowl at a time and add one soul into the Book of Life. Aim High!
Heavenly Father, you have called your servants to ventures of which we cannot see the ending, by paths as yet untrodden, through perils unknown. Give us faith to go out with good courage, not knowing where we go but only that your hand is leading us and your love supporting us through Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior. Amen.
May God be with you…Jay