We Won’t Understand It All

“When they came up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord suddenly took Philip away, and the eunuch did not see him again, but went on his way rejoicing. Philip, however, appeared at Azotus and traveled about, preaching the gospel in all the towns until he reached Caesarea."

Acts 8:39-40

Do you suppose Phillip had advance notice of his sudden and supernatural relocation?

Somehow, I doubt God announced what He was about to do.

Maybe if He had, Phillip would stand there, scratching his head and saying:

“What exactly is it you want to do again?”

God is not against reasoning.

Sometimes, though, our reasoning just can’t get us to the place that God needs us to be at.

The understanding He wants us to have is this – we won’t understand it all!

The Holy Spirit can do more through you than you can imagine.

That is not an indictment of us for not having a vivid imagination.

God’s ways and His methods are so far above what we can know or imagine that we must realize that sometimes He will use us and we won’t always be prepared for the “how”!

Phillip did not know ahead of time concerning his trip.

As Peter waited in the upper room moments before the rushing mighty wind, I doubt he was aware that he was about to stand up, lift his voice and speak to a crowd only to see 3,000 brought into the Kingdom of God that day.

In the Book of Revelation John declares: “On the Lord’s Day I was in the Spirit…”

It was not in his Outlook Calendar that on that particular day he would receive the Revelation of Jesus Christ.

So what did Phillip, Peter and John do?

Better question – what did they not do?

They did not put the brakes on what God was doing because they couldn’t understand it all.

Because of their obedience God was able to use them in wonderful and powerful ways.

Maybe you’ve been in the place where, even if you didn’t speak the words, your lack of understanding has brought fear or hesitation in allowing God to move through you.

Be honest with the Lord and tell Him so.

Ask Him to help you to grow in your trust and faith in Him.

Ask for His purposes to be fulfilled in you even when it is unexpected and unexplainable.

If God could always be figured out by you and me He wouldn’t be God!