I began reading this morning in the second part of Acts 8, where Philip, the evangelist( a bringer of ‘good news’), was told by an angel(angelic visitation, direction from Heaven) to go south to the desert road that goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza. There he met the Ethiopian eunuch, reading from Isaiah the prophet, but he needed someone to explain it to him(not just teaching, but how to come into a relationship with the Lord, hence God sent the evangelist to share the message of salvation – good choice). The eunuch came to the Lord and at his own request was water baptised.
Philip was known as Philip the evangelist, Acts 21:8, that was his calling. He also moved in the miraculous, to confirm the message he brought, Acts 8:6,7,13. He was what John Wimber would have called a ‘Power Evangelist’. In addition to this he baptised new believers in water, introduced them to Jesus and then immediately had them make a public declaration that they were done with the old life.
Philip had a ‘gift mix’ operating in his life as an evangelist, to make his ministry more effective. His four unmarried daughters in Acts 21:8 also prophesied. The Bible doesn’t say anything else about them, but ‘prophetic evangelism’ is a common ‘gift mix’ (People receive personal revelation and are much more open to the message about Jesus). My first spiritual father was a prophetic evangelist and saw many people accept Jesus. My second spiritual father was a prophetic intercessor, who received prophetic strategies to pull down strongholds on a global ministry. The Lord linked me with them to learn from them and establish spiritual foundations in my own life.
Maybe you’ve never thought about ‘gift mixes’ in your own life, but the Lord usually gives several main gifts to blend together and make us more potent in our callings. Christian friends or pastors can help identify what giftings they see in us, so vital for our fulfilment and effectiveness. This may be a key for some today, to identify the main spiritual gifts in our current walk. I say current, because sometimes gifts will operate for a season and then the Lord moves us on to something different where we don’t need to use them.
Your gifts are your unique God given package to enable you to fulfill your destiny. There will be a joy and satisfaction, also an ease, when you’re functioning in them. Please seek to know what you’ve been given and to learn to flow in them.
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