A Divine Appointment

This morning I read one of my favorite passages.  Acts 8 gives us a reminder that we need to hear daily.  Notice
Acts 8.26-31- 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. ²⁷ 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 ²⁸ and was returning, seated in his chariot, and he was reading the prophet Isaiah. ²⁹ And the Spirit said to Philip, “Go over and join this chariot.” ³⁰ So Philip ran to him and heard him reading Isaiah the prophet and asked, “Do you understand what you are reading?” ³¹ And he said, “How can I, unless someone guides me?” And he invited Philip to come up and sit with him.

Philip simply followed the leading of the Holy Spirit in his life.  He was willing to go out in the desert to a crossroads to see what God was up to.  There he met the Ethiopian who was struggling with Scripture that proclaimed prophetically  the atoning death of Christ.  Philip was able to explain it, build off of it, and lead the Ethopian to Christ.

How did he do it?  He followed with obedience the voice of the Spirit of God in his life.  The Lord was arranging a divine appointment and the result was one's salvation.

The Spirit still speaks to hearts.  God still arranges divine appointments. People still struggle with spiritual questions.  God still uses Christians to share with others and help lead them to Christ.  It is so important that we listen to the Spirit and walk into the 'divine appointments' that we did not see coming, but  will learn to recognize as we follow His Voice. 

I pray that we have a divine appointment today and I pray that God uses us to encourage others in Christ.  May we, as Philip did, run to the opportunity.