Imagine you’re Philip (Acts 8:26-38). An angel wakes you up at dawn and tells you to go down to the busiest intersection in town. When you get there, you feel a rush of nervous anticipation. What is God up to? You sense the Spirit say, “Catch a ride in that taxi.”

And the Spirit said to Philip, “Go over and join this chariot.” So Philip ran to him and heard him reading Isaiah the prophet and asked, “Do you understand what you are reading?” And he said, “How can I, unless someone guides me?” And he invited Philip to come up and sit with him (Acts 8:29-30).

Soon, you’re deep in conversation with a man who’s asking a ton of spiritual questions. The next thing you know, you’re waist-deep in a roadside lake baptizing him into the family of God.

This was no highly planned evangelistic campaign; Philip was simply available and in tune with the Spirit.

I’ve had a few days here and there where I’ve sensed God’s hand in remarkable ways. But if you’re anything like me, most of your days feel routine and habitual, with no apparent divine appointments. Yet, the Scriptures portray a God who is always at work. Have our lives become so loud that we can’t hear what God is saying in the moment?

What keeps us from being attentive to the Spirit’s leading?

As a result, we can’t hear the God who turns water into wine — who wants to turn our mundane moments into divine moments. No one can force a God-moment to happen, but we can certainly make ourselves more available for one.

Consider memorizing The Life Commitment prayer. Pray it every morning to develop the expectation that God is eager to use you every day.

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updated August 2019

Photo Credit: Dennis Kummer