Many times God sends us places we have no clue why we have to go. I remember going to a church with my father and he spoke to maybe 30 people at the most. Of those 30 people one person got saved. I was use to seeing at least 10 people walk up and give their lives. It was only when I got older that I realized that perhaps my father was suppose to go out to the small country church and preach. I don't know what became of that man who gave his life, but I'm sure God has used him in a way I never could imagine.
There is a bible story similar to this. Phillip was in Macedonia, and lots of people were turning to the Lord. Then God tells him to ride out into the middle of the desert. Phillip must have been wondering why.
When he got out there, he just happened to run into an Ethiopian who was reading the Old Testament. He didn't understand what he was reading, but Phillip was able to explain it to him. He got saved, was baptized, and then went back home, where he probably told people there about Jesus. It's likely that many of the Ethiopian Christians today were influenced by this one meeting.
Acts 8:26-40
26 -28Later God's angel spoke to Philip: "At noon today I want you to walk over to that desolate road that goes from Jerusalem down to Gaza." He got up and went. He met an Ethiopian eunuch coming down the road. The eunuch had been on a pilgrimage to Jerusalem and was returning to Ethiopia, where he was minister in charge of all the finances of Candace, queen of the Ethiopians. He was riding in a chariot and reading the prophet Isaiah.
29 -30The Spirit told Philip, "Climb into the chariot." Running up alongside, Philip heard the eunuch reading Isaiah and asked, "Do you understand what you're reading?"
31 -33He answered, "How can I without some help?" and invited Philip into the chariot with him. The passage he was reading was this:
As a sheep led to slaughter,
and quiet as a lamb being sheared,
He was silent, saying nothing.
He was mocked and put down, never got a fair trial.
But who now can count his kin
since he's been taken from the earth?
34 -35The eunuch said, "Tell me, who is the prophet talking about: himself or some other?" Philip grabbed his chance. Using this passage as his text, he preached Jesus to him.
36 -39As they continued down the road, they came to a stream of water. The eunuch said, "Here's water. Why can't I be baptized?" He ordered the chariot to stop. They both went down to the water, and Philip baptized him on the spot. When they came up out of the water, the Spirit of God suddenly took Philip off, and that was the last the eunuch saw of him. But he didn't mind. He had what he'd come for and went on down the road as happy as he could be.
40Philip showed up in Azotus and continued north, preaching the Message in all the villages along that route until he arrived at Caesarea. Related Articles :
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