Now an angel of the Lord spoke to Philip, saying, "Arise and go toward the south along the road which goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza." This is desert. So he arose and went. And behold, a man of Ethiopia, a eunuch of great authority under Candace the queen of the Ethiopians, who had charge of all her treasury, and had come to Jerusalem to worship, was returning. And sitting in his chariot, he was reading Isaiah the prophet. Acts 8:26-28

Last time we asked the question: Am I willing to go even when the Lord doesn’t tell me everything in advance? This time consider the fact that Philip was called to leave a prosperous ministry, presumably in Samaria, to go to a place of uncertainty. He did not know exactly where he was going—only to a road in the desert. He didn’t know what he was to do there, or who he was going to encounter. He only knew that he was to “go.”

So he arose and went.

Like Abraham before Him, Philip went. What happened there when he met the Ethiopian is instructive.

He met a man from Africa, who was returning home from Israel. This man was apparently interested in knowing about the God of the Jews. We know that because, while traveling south in his chariot, he was reading a scroll containing the Old Testament book of Isaiah.

In verse 29, again the Lord tells Philip to, “Go.”

Acts 8:29 Then the Spirit said to Philip, "Go near and overtake this chariot."

Again, Philip obeyed the command to “go.” What happened when Philip ran to the man in the chariot? Read tomorrow’s post…