Willing Hearts

Acts 8

30 Philip ran over and heard the man reading from the prophet Isaiah. Philip asked, “Do you understand what you are reading?”

31 The man replied, “How can I, unless someone instructs me?” And he urged Philip to come up into the carriage and sit with him.

32 The passage of Scripture he had been reading was this:

“He was led like a sheep to the slaughter.
And as a lamb is silent before the shearers,
he did not open his mouth.
33 He was humiliated and received no justice.
Who can speak of his descendants?
For his life was taken from the earth.”

34 The eunuch asked Philip, “Tell me, was the prophet talking about himself or someone else?” 35 So beginning with this same Scripture, Philip told him the Good News about Jesus.

While many things stand out to me in this passage, I want to concentrate on just two today: 1)Philip was willing to allow the Holy Spirit to direct his actions. 2) The Eunuch was willing to allow Philip to teach him about Jesus. A willing heart is necessary for God to do His work in and through people. May my heart be willing for whatever task God has in mind, wherever and whenever God chooses.