So today, I realized that it had been months since my last post and as I went in circles for the last twelve hours cutting hay, I thought about what to share. I came up with this catchy title and found away to forward my thought in the text, but in the middle of writing it tonight I had to stop and ask the question, does this really glorify my God? I decided it didnt and erased it even though I was pretty proud (pride is the root of evil) of my one liners injected into storyline. So I sit here for a minute, and started a few other thoughts, then I realized what I should write about. I should do a post on me completely neglecting the opportunity to share Christ and my relationship with Him via C-C-C's for the past several months. This is pretty typical of me, I catch myself going long periods of time keeping Christ in a box on my shelf and every now and then, I take Him out and dust Him off and show Him to a friend or two. How dare me! What if an unbeliver was missed by me not using the opportunities given to me to share the Gospel of Christ. Could there have been someone who did not know Jesus died for them due to the sin we commit. I encourage you not to be like me in this. I turn your attention to this:
Now an angel of the Lord said to Philip, “Rise and go toward the south to the road that goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza.” This is a desert place. And he rose and went. And there was an Ethiopian, a eunuch, a court official of Candace, queen of the Ethiopians, who was in charge of all her treasure. He had come to Jerusalem to worship and was returning, seated in his chariot, and he was reading the prophet Isaiah. And the Spirit said to Philip, “Go over and join this chariot.” So Philip ran to him and heard him reading Isaiah the prophet and asked, “Do you understand what you are reading?” And he said, “How can I, unless someone guides me?” And he invited Philip to come up and sit with him. Now the passage of the Scripture that he was reading was this:
“Like a sheep he was led to the slaughter
and like a lamb before its shearer is silent,
so he opens not his mouth.
In his humiliation justice was denied him.
Who can describe his generation?
For his life is taken away from the earth.”
And the eunuch said to Philip, “About whom, I ask you, does the prophet say this, about himself or about someone else?” Then Philip opened his mouth, and beginning with this Scripture he told him the good news about Jesus. And as they were going along the road they came to some water, and the eunuch said, “See, here is water! What prevents me from being baptized?” And he commanded the chariot to stop, and they both went down into the water, Philip and the eunuch, and he baptized him. And when they came up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord carried Philip away, and the eunuch saw him no more, and went on his way rejoicing. But Philip found himself at Azotus, and as he passed through he preached the gospel to all the towns until he came to Caesarea.
(Acts 8:26-40 ESV)
Just as Philip did, run to your fellow man and beginning with scripture, share the Gospel of Christ.
Go forth and make disciples of all nations.........
God Bless!!
