In Need of a Guide

“And Philip ran thither to him, and heard him read the prophet Esaias, and said, Understandest thou what thou readest? And he said, How can I, except some man should guide me? And he desired Philip that he would come up and sit with him. The place of the scripture which he read was this, He was led as a sheep to the slaughter; and like a lamb dumb before his shearer, so opened he not his mouth: In his humiliation his judgment was taken away: and who shall declare his generation? for his life is taken from the earth.” Acts 8:30-33

The royal treasurer from Ethiopia had come to Jerusalem to worship and was returning home with a copy of the Isaiah scroll. As he rode along in his chariot, he was reading from the scroll. The Lord had spoken to Philip and sent him to meet this man. When Philip saw him reading from the scroll, he asked if he understood what he was reading. The treasurer answered, “How can I, except some man should guide me.” Philip began to explain the passage of scripture to him and told him about how Jesus had fulfilled the passage of scripture that he was reading from by dying on the cross for the sins of the world.

None of us understands everything about the Bible, but every person who is saved knows something about God’s Word that they could share with someone else. As we begin to share the things that we do know and see how helpful it is in the lives of others, we become motivated to learn more. Is there someone who could benefit from your knowledge of the Word?