Exodus 30,31,32; Acts 8
Divine Appointments … God Is Preparing Them For You…
Don’t Miss Them!
Scripture
Acts 8
27 So he started out, and he met the treasurer of Ethiopia, a eunuch of great authority under the Kandake, the queen of Ethiopia. The eunuch had gone to Jerusalem to worship, 28 and he was now returning. Seated in his carriage, he was reading aloud from the book of the prophet Isaiah.
29 The Holy Spirit said to Philip, “Go over and walk along beside the carriage.”
30 Philip ran over and heard the man reading from the prophet Isaiah. Philip asked, “Do you understand what you are reading?”
31 The man replied, “How can I, unless someone instructs me?” And he urged Philip to come up into the carriage and sit with him.
32 The passage of Scripture he had been reading was this:
“He was led like a sheep to the slaughter.
And as a lamb is silent before the shearers,
he did not open his mouth.
33 He was humiliated and received no justice.
Who can speak of his descendants?
For his life was taken from the earth.”
34 The eunuch asked Philip, “Tell me, was the prophet talking about himself or someone else?” 35 So beginning with this same Scripture, Philip told him the Good News about Jesus.
36 As they rode along, they came to some water, and the eunuch said, “Look! There’s some water! Why can’t I be baptized?” 38 He ordered the carriage to stop, and they went down into the water, and Philip baptized him.
39 When they came up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord snatched Philip away. The eunuch never saw him again but went on his way rejoicing. 40 Meanwhile, Philip found himself farther north at the town of Azotus. He preached the Good News there and in every town along the way until he came to Caesarea.
Observation
God has set up some Divine Appointments for you and for me. There are people that God will bring across our path that need Jesus. He will prepare their hearts and He will have them ready to hear the Good News about Jesus.
Phillip had a Divine Appointment with the treasurer of Ethiopia, a eunuch of great authority under the Kandake, the queen of Ethiopia. This powerful and influential man was returning from Jerusalem where he had gone to worship. He would be the one to take the Gospel to Africa.
God prepared the eunuch to receive His message and God prepared Phillip to share it. He will do the same thing for you and me today.
Do you think the person that led Billy Graham to the Lord knew then that Billy Graham would become one of the greatest evangelists of all time? Do you know the story of how Billy Graham came to Christ? It started with a Sunday School teacher Edward Kimball who led Dwight L. Moody to Christ in a shoe store where D. L. Moody was working. D.L. Moody lived from 1837 to 1899. He greatly influenced Rev. Wilbur Chapman. Wilbur Chapman had a great influence on evangelist Billy Sunday. Billy Sunday influenced evangelist Mordecai Ham. Billy Graham was moved toward a relationship with Christ during the 1934 revival meetings of evangelist Mordecai Ham.
My point in mentioning how Billy Graham came to Christ is that it all started with an obedient Sunday School teacher that was teaching a bunch of young teenage boys. These were all Divine
Appointments.
You and I will also have Divine Appointments that God has arranged and He has already worked out. It could be a neighbor, a co-worker, a family member, or someone working in a store that you frequent often. We don’t know when and where these Divine Appointments will happen but if you are a Christian I can assure you that God will set them up.
Application
I will be looking for a Divine Appointment this week. How about you?
Prayer
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