Acts 8 next tells us about Phillip being led by an angel of the Lord to meet up with a high-status Ethiopian royal official. Phillip encounters this Ethiopian man reading aloud from Isaiah and is led by the Spirit to address him, saying "Do you understand what you are reading?" The man's reply to Phillip here is paramount. The man said "How can I, if there is no one to explain it to me?" This is a clear lesson in how God puts us in places and positions us to be used by Him. Phillip obeyed the Spirit's leading and explained not only the meaning of the Isaiah passage, but Phillip then used many other passages to share with him the gospel of Jesus. Afterwards, he asked Phillip to baptize him and he went on his way rejoicing in the Lord. Thinking about this passage, I can't help but wonder how many occasions I have disobeyed the Spirit's leading and missed opportunities to participate in the work of God's purposes. Are there lost souls waiting for you and I to be obedient and bold enough to follow the example of Phillip? I do recall a time when I was 17 and a co-worker told me he had been reading Revelation and trying to understand the existence of God. This man had no experience with church or God's word, but had decided that he wanted to try to understand the bible. He knew that I was a Christian and attended church. One night, he and I were working a late shift and I felt compelled to go to my car and get my bible. After work that night, we talked about Revelation, and then also went through much of the new testament ( the life of Jesus, salvation, answered prayer, forgiveness, and some other stuff). He began to go to church and later told me he planned to attend seminary and wanted to someday be a pastor. These are the moments in life when we have a chance to be used by God, if only we don't quench the Spirt.