ACTS 8:26-27

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

TO PONDER

Divine appointments. Most of us have had them. Those moments when we wonder why we are at a certain place at a certain time and we haven't got a clue why. Those moments when we feel a nagging of the Spirit to pick up the phone to call someone, or drop in on someone we have been meaning to visit for a while. Those moments when we get on a plane (I know that's rare these days) and wonder why we are seated in that row, in that position, next to that person. Those moments that we reflect on later and marvel at how God has put us exactly where he needs us at a certain time to bring his life, his hope, his grace to someone God knows needs it.

Ali, an Indian from Mumbai was one such person. 'You chose the wrong time to fly into Washington, mister', the cabbie said to me as we sat in heavy traffic at 4pm on the way to the hotel I would be staying at. 'It's no different from Sydney I replied.' 'Oh, you're from Australia then....what are you doing over here?' After explaining I was a Pastor attending some conferences in the States, he went quiet for a little while. After five minutes Ali said, 'do you mind if I share something personal with you?' He went on for the next thirty minutes to pour out his grief of losing his mother three months previously. He was filled with guilt, regret and in the time stuck in traffic, we talked through some of those things. As he pulled my bag out of the boot and offered me his hand, he said, ''Maybe you did arrive in Washington at just the right time, because if you had been earlier, I wouldn't have had this time to talk. Thankyou!' Divine appointments. That was the first and only time I saw Ali. It was the same with Evan and Donna, Gus and Mike, Stephanie and Mohammad. One time appointments that God set up, like he did with Philip and the Ethiopian Eunuch, to reveal his presence, to share his hope, to bless with his grace. And who knows how God used that encounter to transform their lives. I wonder, what appointments will God set up for you today that will make an exponential difference for the kingdom that you may never know? Will you move and go where God sends today?

PRAYER

Lord Jesus, give me the obedience to go where you send today, to meet the people you have set up appointments with and place on my lips the words to speak that bring your life to those who need it. Amen.

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