30 Philip ran over and heard the man reading from the prophet Isaiah. Philip asked, “Do you understand what you are reading?” — Acts 8:30 NLT
When the persecutions of the Christians started in Jerusalem, the believers were scattered throughout Judea and Samaria. Philip had been preaching and teaching about Jesus in Samaria. When Peter and John arrived, an angel of the Lord spoke to Philip and told him to go south along the road to Gaza. On his way, he met an eunuch from Ethiopia. This eunuch had been to Jerusalem to worship. He was reading aloud from a scroll of the Old Testament. This particular scroll contained the book of Isaiah. Since he had been to worship in Jerusalem and was in possession of a Biblical scroll and reading it aloud, we can safely assume two things. He was familiar with the Jewish religion and he was searching for something. So God had been preparing the heart of this eunuch to receive the Good News for some time. I think we can safely assume that God had big plans for this eunuch when he returned to Ethiopia, but whether God had big plans for the eunuch or just wanted to save the eunuch is not the point. The point is that God’s plans for Philip and the eunuch intersected at this point. The eunuch was seeking understanding of the Scriptures and God sent a man to him who could explain those Scriptures. Every day, our live intersect with other lives. This was, is and will always be God’s plan for spreading the Good News. Are we prepared to instantly obey? Are we prepared to explain God’s plan of salvation to those whose paths we cross? If not, why not spend some time today preparing to do just that? There is a heavenly reason that you are where you are today. It didn’t just happen. Look around you, there are lost people that you have been sent to speak to. God has prepared their hearts to hear and He has given you the words of life to speak to them, therefore speak.
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Morning Meds (Take 1 each Morning with all the Prayer You Need) 