Philip had just finished a successful revival in Samaria. People were converting, miracles were happening. His ministry was exploding. Then the Spirit says: 'Go south to the road that goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza.' Gaza? That's nowhere. That's a desert road. Philip obeyed anyway.
I spent two years in campus ministry at a prestigious university. Our group was thriving. We had numbers, influence, momentum. Then I felt the Spirit nudging me toward working with homeless teens. It made no sense to my career. My friends thought I was making a mistake. But Philip's story held me. He left the crowd to go to the desert to meet one eunuch.
That one eunuch was reading Isaiah and didn't understand it. Philip explained. The eunuch got baptized and 'went on his way rejoicing.' One person. But that one person was the reason Philip was sent into the wilderness. I've been working with homeless youth for eight years now. The numbers are small. The success is hard to measure. But I've watched young people discover Jesus in their darkest moments. That's the Gaza road calling—it's not glamorous, but it's where the Spirit actually needs you.
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