Run...Come...and See...

Acts 8:30     

     Philip was a man with a heart to follow. When Jesus came to Him and asked him to follow, he immediately responded and walked along the road with Jesus. He walked with Jesus, he listened to Jesus, but above all He saw Jesus and desired that others would see and love Jesus. 

Philip understood his ministry--a ministry of bring others to "come and see" the power of Christ's work in salvation (John 1, John 12). His ministry was to bring others to see Jesus. We know that we are saved through faith and we know that faith comes from hearing, and in this passage we find that faith is given sight through applying what we hear...we see Jesus when we apply what He reveals of Himself to us through His word and we allow Him to be apart of the details of our lives. Here in Acts we have a man, who understood his calling, and walked therein. When the Lord had told him to take the route from Jerusalem to Gaza, he did not question, but followed. His ears heard and His faith responded...soon his eyes would see the reason for the command. When the Holy Spirit lead him to the eunuch upon the pathway, he responded in a run. The word run is described as moving at a speed faster than a walk, never having both or all the feet on the ground at the same time. Philip ran. He kept himself from settling into life in this world. Instead of walking, he wanted to be running, that he wouldn't leave space for the methods or habits of this world to shape or alter his walk in following Christ. From the moment he first followed to now, he had seen Christ to be faithful in being his Lord, and therefore he saw no other response but to go forward, to not only continue to walk with HIm, but to run for Him. He ran in obedience to what he was called to do. And when he came to the place, he sat down beside the eunuch and listened to him reading. 

     He came and listened...a good lesson for us in ministering to another. He came and took the time to sit with him, to listen, he didn't just approach and charge in with the gospel message. True ministry takes time. Jesus spent time with His followers--He lived life among them and showed them the way. He sat and spoke with this man, and then simply asked him if he understood. He asked him is he had a applicable knowledge of what he was reading; not so that he could have more knowledge of the scriptures, but that he may see Christ. That his faith may have sight to see Jesus within the scriptures, and apply Him to the details of his life. 

     Philip obeyed. came. listened. and then showed the eunuch the Jesus he loved, the Jesus he followed, by showing him how to apply the truth of the Scriptures to all ares of his life. By obedience to his call, by choosing to put action behind the call, he ran, and the Lord lead him to a place to "come and see" Jesus revealed in the life of another. Do you desire to see Jesus? Than come and see. Come when He calls for you. Run in response. Listen to the Word and invite the understanding of Jesus into the details of your life, and you will see Christ and His work in and through your life.