Having only gotten through one verse in the last post, we will pick up in Acts 8: 27, with Philip's encounter with the Ethiopian eunuch. Philip had been sent into the desert for this man.  God will not send us on useless missions.  We, like Philip, just have to go where He sends us and be ready to act when He reveals the reason.  The Ethiopian was in charge of the treasure of Candace, the queen of the Ethiopians.  He was returning from Jerusalem where he had gone to worship.  Even though he was in charge of an earthly treasure, he was looking for knowledge of God.  Sometimes, people start out simply looking for knowledge about God, but in their search God draws them to know not just about Him, but to know Him personally.  I believe this is where the Ethiopian eunuch was.  He was reading Isaiah when Philip caught up with him.  Philip asked the eunuch if he understood what he was reading.  We may see or hear people reading the Bible today, but we need to be attuned to God's leadership to see if we need to ask if they understand what they are reading.  The eunuch replied by asking how could he understand except some man should guide him, and he invited Philip to come up and sit with him.  Philip now knew the reason God had led him to the desert.  He was reading in Isaiah 53 about the coming of Christ, but he didn't understand Who the passage was about.  Philip started where the Ethiopian was at in his understanding and preached to him Jesus.  When they came to a body of water, the Ethiopian asked what prevented him from being baptized.  Philip neither said let's do it nor began to set down a bunch of requirements.  Philip said if the Ethiopian believed with all his heart, he could be.  The Ethiopian answered with the only requirement there can ever be for baptism, "I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God."  They stopped the chariot, and the Ethiopian was baptized.  Philip was caught up by the Spirit of the Lord, and the eunuch saw him no more, but went on his way rejoicing.  Philip was led to the desert for one purpose, then was sent on his way, which next was Azotus, where he preached passing through on his way to Caesarea. We need to follow God's leadership, even if it leads us into the desert for only one person, but we must not stay in the desert after we have accomplished God's goal for us.  We, like Philip, must always be on the way God sends us, preaching the Gospel as we go.