Only Obey Him
The Bible says: “And as they went on their way, they came unto a certain water: and
the eunuch said, See, here is water; what doth hinder me to be baptized? And Philip said, If thou believest with
all thine heart, thou mayest. And he answered and said, I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God. And he commanded the
chariot to stand still: and they went down both into the water, both Philip and the eunuch; and he baptized him. And when
they were come up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord caught away Philip, that the eunuch saw him no more: and he went
on his way rejoicing. But Philip was found at Azotus: and passing through he preached in all the cities, till he came to Caesarea.”
Acts 8:36-40 (KJV)
D.L. Moody writes: “I remember hearing of a man
at sea who was very sea sick. If there is a time when a man feels that he cannot do any work for the Lord it is then, in my
opinion. While this man was sick, he heard that a man had fallen overboard. He was wondering if he could do anything to help
to save him. He laid hold of a light and held it up on the porthole.
The drowning
man was saved. When this man got over his attack of sickness. he was up on deck one day and was talking to the man who was
rescued. The saved man gave this testimony. He said he had gone down the second time and was just going down again for the
last time, when he put out his hand. Just then, he said, someone held a light at the porthole, and the light fell on his hand.
A man caught him by the hand and pulled him into the lifeboat.
It seemed a small
thing to do to hold up the light; yet it saved the man’s life. If you cannot do some great thing, you can hold the light
for some poor, perishing drunkard, who may be won to Christ and delivered from destruction. Let us take the torch of salvation
and go into these dark homes and hold up Christ to the people as the Savior of the world.
God can strike many a straight lick with a crooked stick!
Daily Chronological Bible Reading: Joel 1-3
