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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.

              Acts 8. 26-27

(You want me to go where?

   You want me to do what?

Obedience to God

   does not require Him

   to explain to us

   the immediate

            or the eternal.

When we respond to Him,

God's purposes may not

  even be revealed then,

but are already set into motion.

"Trust Me in this"

   is the lifeblood of the faithful.

In this biblical situation,

   as in our own,

       God's timing is precise.

Delayed obedience

  is the same as

  disobedience.)

O LORD,

Please help as we listen

        for You and to You

that we will be ready to roll

     at Your call.

Enlarge our hearts

that we may not question

   a desert place

   or fertile soil.

It is all sacred ground to You.

And Your purposes

   reach far deeper than

   we can ever imagine.

Empower us

    to rise and run

    at Your word.