Who is in the details? I know you have heard the expression, “The devil is in the details.” Well, he wants to be. Left to his devices, he runs amuck in our lives. But trust me when I say God is in the details. God is ordering our steps today. Ready or not we are on GST, God’s standard time. Wherever you go today, the risen Lord Jesus has gone before you. The Holy Spirit is working in the lives of the people you encounter today. Be an instrument of his grace.
Philip found the treasurer of Kandake the Queen of Ethiopia reading from Isaiah 53. Coincidence? I think not. This eunuch would have no descendants. He turned to a centuries-old passage about a man who was slaughtered like a lamb, and left no descendants. About whom was Isaiah, the prophet writing? God gave him a guide in Philip. Philip started in that passage and told him the good news about Jesus.
Years ago, the leader of the “seeker-service” movement was asked, “Why are you now quoting the Bible so often in your sermons? Aren’t you concerned you will run the seekers off?” He answered, “People are so hungry for truth, they will even believe the Bible.” All around us today are people who are looking for life. They may be searching in all the wrong places. We who know about Jesus must point them to Jesus. Their future hangs in the balance. Trust this: the story of Jesus is good news for everybody we know. Our world of bad news has never needed Jesus more!
