Heralds Digest

“Then the Spirit said to Philip, “Go near and overtake this chariot.” So Philip ran to him, and heard him reading the prophet Isaiah, and said, “Do you understand what you are reading?”” ‭‭Acts‬ ‭8:29-30‬ ‭NKJV‬‬ https://www.bible.com/114/act.8.29-30.nkjv Discouragement towards consistent engagements on the field, within the fellowship and in the family is mostly due to lack of effectiveness, rather than due to the want of interest. As the heart reflects on the cause of fruitless engagements in the passing year, the experience of Phillip towards effective engagement of the Ethiopian eunuch with the gospel of Jesus Christ will undoubtedly offer a useful inspiration. Being led to the desert by the will of God, instead of embarking on a mission to decent neighbourhood by the intelligence of man, Phillip obeyed the Spirit’ instruction to engage the chariot without querying the intention. Even today, obedience to the Spirit’ instruction for focused engagement of the people along the path...

“Then the Spirit said to Philip, “Go near and overtake this chariot.” So Philip ran to him, and heard him reading the prophet Isaiah, and said, “Do you understand what you are reading?”” ‭‭Acts‬ ‭8:29-30‬ ‭NKJV‬‬ http://bible.com/114/act.8.29-30.nkjv Mission work demands a little more effort than the distribution of gospel materials and messages, especially when dealing with people of divers cream, colours and cultures. Most times, there are significant restrictions on outreach efforts when an appreciable sense of humour, sensibility and significant interest in the affairs of the target audience are absent. Phillip asked the eunuch of Ethiopia " Do you understand what you are reading? " as if he was fully abreast of his own situation or what he himself was reading. Finding himself suddenly in the desert, away as an evangelist from accomplished testimonies of outreach events, should have generated some sort of misunderstanding. Yet, he chose to be interested in what the e...