I read Acts chapter 8 on Saturday and was blown away by the section that talks about Phillip talking to an Ethiopian. This is how it goes, "29The Spirit told Philip, "Go to that chariot and stay near it." 30Then Philip ran up to the chariot and heard the man reading Isaiah the prophet. "Do you understand what you are reading?" Philip asked.
31"How can I," he said, "unless someone explains it to me?" So he invited Philip to come up and sit with him.
32The eunuch was reading this passage of Scripture:
"He was led like a sheep to the slaughter,
and as a lamb before the shearer is silent,
so he did not open his mouth.
33In his humiliation he was deprived of justice.
Who can speak of his descendants?
For his life was taken from the earth."[e]
34The eunuch asked Philip, "Tell me, please, who is the prophet talking about, himself or someone else?" 35Then Philip began with that very passage of Scripture and told him the good news about Jesus.
36As they traveled along the road, they came to some water and the eunuch said, "Look, here is water. Why shouldn't I be baptized?"[f] 38And he gave orders to stop the chariot. Then both Philip and the eunuch went down into the water and Philip baptized him. 39When they came up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord suddenly took Philip away, and the eunuch did not see him again, but went on his way rejoicing.
Wow. So to me this scripture screams out, "Go and tell the world about me because they cant understand unless someone explains it to them!!!" I want to do that! I feel so conflicted lately about all of this. We have a great life here in Dallas, but I feel like it is sedentary. I want to go out to tell the world about Jesus! I want to go to a remote village and share the gospel for the first time! I want to trust that God will protect me when I go to these villages and I want to believe that if He doesn't protect me, that He will some way be glorified in my death! At the same time, I want to stay here and enjoy my plush life. I want to go shopping and watch TV and go to the movies and eat out at dinner. I want to live in my air conditioned home and have clean running water. I want the white picket fence and the two perfect little children, but how will they understand unless someone explains it to them?
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