06/30/2026
There’s something that doesn’t get talked about enough in church.
Sometimes following God feels like a demotion.
Philip was in the middle of something real. A citywide revival in Samaria, people being healed, demons being cast out, whole crowds turning to God. And right in the middle of it, an angel of the Lord shows up and tells him to leave. Not to go to a bigger city. Not to a larger opportunity. To a desert road.
A desert road.
No crowd. No momentum. Just dust and silence and one man sitting in a chariot reading a scroll he didn’t fully understand.
And Philip went.
That kind of obedience is harder than it sounds. Because most of us have been conditioned to measure God’s activity by the size of the response. Big crowd, God must be moving. Empty road, maybe I missed it.
But Philip’s story and Peter’s vision on that rooftop tell us something different. God isn’t managing your platform. He’s managing his purposes. And those two things don’t always look the same from where you’re standing.
The desert road was exactly where God needed Philip to be. Because there was one man on that road whose eternity was hanging in the balance. And God rerouted an entire revival to reach him.
One person.
That should recalibrate how we think about the quiet promptings we brush off during an ordinary Monday.
The Spirit still gives specific direction. A nudge to text someone you haven’t talked to in months. A check in your spirit when you’re about to walk past somebody who needs a word. A quiet pull toward a conversation you’d rather avoid.
And like Philip, the only question is whether you’ll run toward the chariot or talk yourself out of it.
Prayer for tonight
Lord, forgive me for the times I’ve only been looking for You in the big moments. Teach me to recognize Your voice in the quiet ones. Tonight I’m asking You to tune my ears to Your frequency, not the noise of everything around me, but the specific direction that only comes from You. If there’s someone I’m supposed to reach out to, show me. If there’s something I’m supposed to do tomorrow, make it clear. I don’t want to miss what You’re doing because I was waiting for something louder. In Jesus’ name, Amen.
One thing to do before you sleep tonight
Think of one person who has crossed your mind more than once recently, someone you haven’t checked on, reached out to, or prayed for in a while.
Don’t overanalyze it.
Send them a text tonight. It doesn’t have to be long or spiritual. Just “Hey, been thinking about you. Hope you’re doing well.”
That might be your chariot moment.
