Truth #293 - God Children our sent to find God's Children - Acts 7 & 8

Acts 8:26-29
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.”

Truth:  God wants to use His children to reach other children.

This is a marvelous story of God's sovereign rule and the obedience of one of his children.   Note the following in this story:

1. Philip was in this place by the Spirit's movement in his life ... Are we sensitive to where the Spirit wants us to be? Are we aware that God's purpose for us is NOT to accumulate wealth, assurances for old age, a legacy for ourselves, or property and other possessions?   God has a purpose us and it is the spreading of the Gospel and the power of it in our lives.

2. Philip is ask to go to a crossroad in the desert and meets a man from another country/culture for the purpose of saving one lost soul.  Are we cognizant of where God wants us to be?  We are not to look for warm climates, mountain settings, river beds or cozy sunsets.   God has a place for us that might be in the midst of the desert at the crossroads of two dirt roads.  

3. The man just happens to be reading a passage about Christ. While we are being put in the position to witness the Gospel to others we don't always know what God is doing in the hearts of those He wants us to speak to.  We often think that the "work" depends on us and our preparation and our skill sets.  And, whereas, that is important, God is causing a thirst in the hearts those He sends us to speak to about the Gospel.  His job is to do the preparation and conversion.  Our job is to be available to provide the message.  

4. This is a story about a man, in that day, who was an outcast.  Who is the Ethiopian eunuch today?  Today, in our lives, we each have an Ethiopian eunuch whom we would prefer to not talk to or associate with.   Isn't it interesting that these are the very people God brings us to talk to and to present the power of the Gospel.  

The truth is we are God's Children who are sent to gather more of God's Children.