When they came up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord snatched Philip away; the eunuch saw him no more, and went on his way rejoicing.
--Acts 8:39
Philip was an evangelist -- a proclaimer of the good news! -- for Jesus Christ. One day, at the prompting of an angel, he runs into a high-ranking government official from Ethiopia. Philip hops up on the chariot, and the two begin a conversation.
The official, a eunuch, had been doing a bit of Bible reading. He'd come across a few sections he couldn't understand. Philip cleared away the fog and brought clarity to the official's mind and heart. Recognizing good news when he heard it, this official calls a halt to the chariot after seeing some water. Right there on the spot, he is baptized. Philip disappears. An entirely new life begins for this high-ranking official who went on his way rejoicing.
When it dawns on us that we are loved so much by the Lord, what does that produce if not rejoicing? We are the ones He did the cross and empty tomb for. And, in the midst of our rejoicing, we can keep an eye out for those who, with open minds like the eunuch, don't quite get it yet. We can be the Philip for them!
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