The question for today comes from Acts 8:30.
“Do you understand what you are reading?”
The Ethiopian official had the Scripture in his hands, but not in his heart. He needed more than a scroll. He needed a person. So God sent Philip, not to preach a sermon from a stage, but to ask a question to a man in a chariot.
“Do you understand what you’re reading?”
That’s how God still works. He sends people, not to impress with knowledge, but to offer kindness. Not to overwhelm with answers, but to walk alongside. Philip didn’t begin with a lecture. He began with care.
And care opens doors.
Theodore Roosevelt said it well: “People don’t care how much you know until they know how much you care.”
Often the best you can do is just be there, really there. It is often the most powerful way to share the gospel. We don’t need degrees to do it. Just ears to listen. Hearts to feel. Time to sit with someone who’s searching.
Maybe someone near you is holding a question they’re too afraid to ask. Don’t underestimate the quiet power of showing up. The gospel still travels best on foot, with a friend by your side.
You can be that friend.
I’m Lonnie Davis and these are thoughts worth thinking.