The Chaplain’s Corral — Being Led by the Holy Spirit, by Skeeter Spaulding

the chaplain’s corral

By SKEETER SPAULDING Chaplain, Cowboys for Christ

Being Led by the Holy Spirit

I was reminded of how important it is to be led by the Holy Spirit after reviewing a Sunday School lesson for a second grade class a few years ago. I believe the lesson was for me and not only for seven-year-old children. The lessons have animated artwork and really help bring the story of the passage to life. The phrase “Being led by God, Jesus, or the Holy Spirit,” as one may say, can have a lot of different meanings. The only real test is that it will always take us back to the absolute truth of the Bible. I have much to learn about what it means to be listening for the prompting of the Holy Spirit’s leading. In my Christian walk, I hope to be more sensitive to the moving of the Holy Spirit, and I pray it continues to grow.

The Sunday School lesson concerned the disciple Philip and the Ethiopian government official coming down the road in his chariot. You can find this amazing passage of God’s word in Acts 8:26-40.

It reads, “Now the angel of the Lord said to Philip, ‘Rise and go towards the south to the road that goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza.’ This is a desert place. And he rose and went. And there was an Ethiopian, a eunuch, a court official of Candace, queen of the Ethiopians, who was in charge of all her treasure. He had come to Jerusalem to worship and was returning, seated in his chariot, and he was reading the prophet, Isaiah. 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. Now the passage of scripture that he was reading was this;

‘Like sheep, he was led to the slaughter and like a lamb before its shearer is silent, so he opens not his mouth.

In his humiliation justice was denied him.

Who can describe his generation?

For his life is taken away from the earth.’

And then the eunuch said to Philip, ‘About whom, I ask you, does the prophet say this, about himself or about someone else?’ Then Philip opened his mouth, and beginning with this scripture; he told him the good news about Jesus. And as they were going along the road, they came to some water, and the eunuch said, ‘See, here is water! What prevents me from being baptized?’ And he commanded the chariot to stop, and they both went down into the water, Philip and the eunuch, and he baptized him. And when they came up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord carried Philip away, and the eunuch saw him no more and went on his way rejoicing. But Philip found himself at Azotus, and as he passed through, he preached the gospel to all the towns until

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