Title

The Wisdom of the Seeker

Scripture
And he said, “How can I, unless someone guides me?”
(Acts 8:31)
Devotional
The Ethiopian was not only a great leader, he had equal wisdom. He knew enough to know his limitations. He had enough understanding to know that he needed someone to guide him scripturally. This man was obviously a seeker; and God sends messengers to true seekers. Just like King Uzziah, “ As long as he sought the Lord, God made him prosper.” We usually make Philip the hero of this story. I would contend that the hero was the Ethiopian. Philip was God’s instrument to bless him. Thirty-one times in the scriptures we find the term “seek the Lord.” God- seekers are God-finders. Let us learn the lesson of seeking from this Ethiopian leader. He was first a student of the Bible. He was looking there for the answers to his questions. He sought the things of God humbly. He was not ashamed to say, “I do not know.” He listened to the preaching of God’s Word and followed Christ in believer’s baptism. This seeker was found.
Thought For The Night
“All human beings should try to learn, before they die, what they are running from, and to, and why.” James Thurber, (1894-1961) American writer and humorist
 
Evening Text
Acts 8:31: And he said, “How can I, unless someone guides me?”
Looking for Answers
 
Evening Study Guide
Defining: “Seeker”: One who knows that there is more to life than so many years of days. One who knows from the depths of his/her being that there is a God and that He deals in the affairs of man.
 
Referencing: “It is the glory of God to conceal a matter, but the glory of kings is to search out a matter,” Proverbs 25:2. “And you shall be to Me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation,” Exodus 19:6
 
Applying: “Seek the Lord while He may be found,            Call upon Him while He is near. Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts; let him return to the Lord, and He will have mercy on him; and to our God, for He will abundantly pardon,” Isaiah 55:6-7.