Saturday Reading: Acts 8:27-38
Key Verse: Acts 8:30
30 And Philip ran there to him and heard him read the prophet Isaiah, and said, Do you indeed understand what you are reading?
Devotion:
There are always going to be times in our lives that no matter how hard we try we cannot seem to find the right way or the right path; at those times we need someone to help us out. They may not have to explain everything in great detail but just to point us in the right direction; but that does not change the fact that we do need help from others. One time that we do need help is when we read God’s Word... There is so much wisdom and knowledge in our bibles that is missed because we either flip through it or we skip the parts that we don’t quite understand.
God has given us our bibles as a complete source of what we need to know in order to know Him. It is His Word that will convince us of the truth about Him, Christ and the Holy Spirit. It is His Word that will allow us to see that we have sinned against Him and it is His Word that gives us the hope that we have because of what Christ has done for us on Calvary.
The Ethiopian eunuch was clearly a man who had a great position in Ethiopia and yet he had found God’s Word so compelling that he was on his way to worship in Jerusalem. Quite often people find themselves in positions like that where they have come to the point of finding out about God but cannot quite put everything together to see how Jesus was the fulfilment of the Old Testament. We are lucky enough now to have our New Testaments where this is all explained to us... and yet so many people cannot come to grips with the truth that is held within – just because nobody is taking the time to talk to them.
We need to be ready to try and help anyone who is interested in finding out more about God. There are many people out there who will do nothing more because they have hit a stumbling block and just need someone to point them in the right direction. Take a verse or two with you and be prepared to share them...
Points to Ponder:
How often are you confused by things?
How often do you require help from God?
