Join The Chariot

“And the angel of the Lord spake unto Philip saying, Arise, and go toward the south unto the way that goeth down from Jerusalem unto Gaza, which is desert. And he arose and went: and, behold, a man of Ethiopia, an eunuch of great authority under Candace queen of the Ethiopians, who had the charge of all her treasure, and had come to Jerusalem for to worship, Was returning, and sitting in his chariot read Esaias the prophet. Then the Spirit said unto Philip, Go near, and join thyself to this chariot. And Philip ran thither to him, and heard him read the prophet Esaias, and said, Understandest thou what thou readest? And

he said, How can I, except some man should guide me? And he desired Philip that he would come up and sit with him. The place of the scripture which he read was this, He was led as a sheep to the slaughter; and like a lamb dumb before his shearer, so opened he not his mouth: In his humiliation his judgement was taken away: and who shall declare his generation? For His life is taken from the earth. And the eunuch answered Philip, and said, I pray thee, of whom speaketh the prophet this? Of himself, or of some other man? Then Philip opened his mouth, and began at the same scripture, and preached unto him Jesus. And as they went on their way, they came unto a certain water: And the eunuch said, see, here is water; what doth hinder me to be baptised? And Philip said, if thou believest with all thine heart, thou mayest. And he answered and said, I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God. And he commanded the chariot to stand still: and they went down both into the water, both Philip and the eunuch; and he baptised him.

And when they were come up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord caught away Philip, that the eunuch saw him no more: and he went on his way rejoicing. But Philip was found in Azotus: and passing through he preached in all the cities, till he came to Caeserea”
(Acts 8:26-40).

The Holy Ghost told Philip to go to the desert place, and Philip, not questioning the command, went immediately. When he got there he waited for further instructions. And the word came, “Go near and join thyself to this chariot.” The chariot was on its way and Philip was waiting on God, not knowing what the next step should be. Then God said, “Go near and join thyself to this chariot.”
Why did God instruct Philip to join himself to the chariot? What was so important about the chariot? After all, God was not planning to help Philip on his journey by means of the chariot, because God proved shortly after that He could do without a chariot (Acts 8:39-40). So what is the importance of the chariot in this verse of Scripture? God wants us to take special note of this account of an

event in Philip’s life and He specifically wants us to know about the chariot, because it is the key to this verse that will allow any man to live in this same Scripture in other generations to come.
Hence, we need to know what the chariot stands for. The words of Scripture were carefully chosen by the Holy Spirit to communicate deep truths to God’s children. God has said though heaven and earth pass away, His Word will remain (Matthew 24:35). So in every generation, God’s Word remains pure, powerful, steadfast and effective, and we can build our lives on it today. That is the element in the Word of God that makes it relevant to us today. Therefore, what God wanted Philip to note, He also wants us to note.



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