How the Good News Goes Viral - A Lesson from the Early Past

“And the angel of the Lord spake unto Philip, saying, Arise, and go toward the south unto the way that goeth down from Jerusalem unto Gaza, which is desert.“ - Acts 8:26-39:

Phillip woke up one morning unaware of the significance of the day.

He would not have to dream up some way of serving God. And yet, His participation in what God was doing and about to do would alter history for one man and, perhaps, an entire people.

Phillip received a message from one of God’s messengers that day.

Have you ever heard from an angel?

Are you sure?

Hebrews 13:2 says that some of us have entertained them thinking them only to be strangers. I wonder when Phillip knew who it was speaking to him.

What is clear is that he recognized the call of God and embraced the vision of going to one man along the way who could take the message of grace to thousands in a different place and culture.

He was willing to be used as a messenger of God himself. He recognized a divine appointment and made himself absolutely available to God and to the Ethiopian who was the object of God’s loving concern.

If our vision is enlightened by and through our vision of God’s glory in Christ, we must practice our awareness of divine appointments, angelic, nudging, and the still small voice that compels us to speak to a fellow traveler about the good news of Jesus.

The men on the road to Emmaus had walked for miles with Jesus and only knew that their hearts were burning within them. They recognized Him only in the breaking of bread.

As they walked, Jesus opened the scriptures to them and taught them that everything God had ever done or said had pointed to His redemptive plan for the world and their mission. From that moment on, their lives would impact history. Listen for God’s message and prompting. He is working and he plans to include you.