DAILY READINGS: Joshua 10:1-43; Isaiah 7:1-8:4; Luke 23:47-24:12
And the angel of the Lord spake unto Philip, saying, Arise, and go toward the south unto the way that goeth down from Jerusalem unto Gaza, which is desert. Acts 8:26
Following a prolific time of blessing while preaching in the crowded city of Samaria, Philip the evangelist was obedient to Divine direction which took him to a desert wasteland. His time in that place resulted in one soul being saved and baptised. If, in glory, we were to ask Philip, “Was it really worth being in the desert for that experience of being used of God?”, I’m sure the response would be, “I’d have willingly spent all my life in the desert to win one soul!” Do we have the same passion? —Dan Coulson
O teach me what it cost Thee to make a sinner whole,
And teach me Saviour, teach me, the value of one soul. —Lucy Bennett