Some of my Facebook friends are aware of the fact that I AM A STRONG ADVOCATE OF “LIVING BY THE NUDGE” (i.e. living and walking by/in the Spirit… Galatians 5.16; Romans 8.1-14)
I DEFINE “THE NUDGE” AS … “The sweet, sensitive and significant impressions of the Holy Spirit within the Christian’s life that would guide him/her to act, speak, behave and serve in keeping with the redemptive purposes and will of God.”
This morning during my time of “coffee with the Lord” I read a passage of Scripture from the book of Acts in the New Testament that certainly illustrates the importance of “LIVING BY THE NUDGE”!!! …Acts 8.26-40 in your Bible (the story of Philip and the Ethopian eunuch…
Philip, a Spirit-filled Christian, is on his way from Jerusalem to Gaza (a road through the desert), directed by the Lord. An important official from Ethiopia is traveling down the same road in his chariot on his way back “home”… He apparently is a “God-fearer” – a gentile who worships Jehovah (but is NOT a Christian). He is reading the Book of Isaiah the prophet. The Bible says, “The Spirit told Philip, ‘Go to that chariot and stay near it’ (“THE NUDGE”!). Philip hears the man reading from Isaiah, asks him if he understands it, and then begins with that very passage and tells him about the good news about Jesus!” The Ethopian official puts his trust in Christ and a little later down the road is baptized as a believer!
Wow!! I want to live with that degree of Spiritual sensitivity and awareness!! I WANT TO “LIVE BY THE NUDGE” – DON’T YOU?!!
Coffee With The Lord 