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...

           Acts 8. 26-27

(Responding to God

even when we don't

    yet know why,

leads us right into

His divine appointments.

I don't have to know why

to be faithful to Him.

There is more than

    "a reason for it."

God's purposes

far exceed our own vision,

deeper than

   what we can see from here.

God redeems.

God multiplies.

Philip did not just

            rise and go.

He ran.)

O LORD,

Help us to be sensitive

         to Your nudges

and responsive to You.

Help us to be energized

for Your Kingdom

and in Your Name,

even by that which

     should drain us.

Help us to

      run toward You,

walk with You,

and abide in You.

You reveal wonders

even in unlikely places.