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I love this story! A divine appointment- Philip is instructed to go sit with a man reading a scripture he doesn't completely understand. Philip illuminates him, shares the message of Christ and then proceeds to baptize this man in some water they see as they are passing by.
For one thing, I wonder how many times God has set up divine appointments like this for us but we're too fearful to take advantage. Second, I wonder if we back away from these situations because we fear we won't have the right thing to say. We know Jesus- that's the right thing to say! The ultimate story of love- the gospel message. (on a side note, why is it so easy to talk about what we love about our favorite movies, tv shows, food, etc. but when it comes to Jesus we get so shy- as if we don't have enough words to describe Him? That's pretty messed up.) I love that this man dives right into the faith. He doesn't hold back, he doesn't go home to ponder this, he doesn't go ask his friends what they think, he doesn't go through membership classes- he just jumps right in out of a hungry heart. He even asks Philip, "What's stopping you from baptizing me right now?"
It would be awesome if every person we shared the gospel with had this kind of reaction! Just gung-ho and ready to go for it...like they've been searching their whole lives for something they didn't even know was missing. But then, maybe this would happen more often if we'd do that first part and follow the direction of the Holy Spirit and "go join that chariot." Hmm.