BBD 02.21.13 The Right Place at the Right Time

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02.21.13

The Right Place at the Right Time

Now an angel of the Lord spoke to Philip, saying, “Arise and go toward
the south along the road which goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza.” This
is desert. So he arose and went. And behold, a man of Ethiopia, a
eunuch of great authority under Candace the queen of the Ethiopians,
who had charge of all her treasury, and had come to Jerusalem to
worship, was returning. And sitting in his chariot, he was reading
Isaiah the prophet. Then the Spirit said to Philip, “Go near and
overtake this chariot.” So Philip ran to him, and heard him reading
the prophet Isaiah, and said, “Do you understand what you are
reading?” And he said, “How can I, unless someone guides me?” And he
asked Philip to come up and sit with him. - Acts 8:26-31.

Kraai McClure and Scott Beautler were in the right place at the right
time to rescue two little girls. McClure and Beautler were driving on
a state highway near Naselle, Oregon when they just happened to notice
some damage to a tree and decided to stop to check it out. Scott says
that something “struck him as weird” about the tree damage. What they
found was an accident scene and two little girls who survived. Jessica
Rath, the mother of the two girls had apparently fallen asleep while
driving; struck the tree and was killed. The 4-year-old girl was able
to get her 2-year-old sister who was injured out of the vehicle and
covered them both with a blanket. The overnight temperature was in the
lower 40s and the girls could have died from exposure in the cold and
rain. The girl’s father is now caring for them.

Was it just luck or coincidence that McClure and Beautler happened to
be in the right place at the right time noticing “something weird”
about a tree? I choose to believe that it was an act of God directing
their attention to the tree damage, enough so that they stopped to
check it out.

The story about Phillip and the Ethiopian in the Book of Acts gives us
instruction about the right time and right place thing. There was
nothing accidental about Phillip being there when the Ethiopian passed
by. It was not accidental because God placed Phillip at that exact
place and time so that he could be a witness to the Ethiopian. There
was nothing accidental about McClure and Beautler being in the right
place at the right time either.

How often do events occur and we pass them off as just being luck or
coincidence that we are there in the right place at the right time?
How often do we fail to take advantage of opportunities to witness or
to help even though God has supernaturally placed us where we will be
able to witness or help?

The next time you appear to be in the right place at the right time,
look around, and see what it is that God would have you to do.

Copyright © 2012. Ed Wrather. The Burning Bush website has been online
since January 31, 1998. On June 8, 1998 the email version of the
Burning Bush Devotional was first sent. Ed Wrather began writing
devotionals in the early 1990s. The distribution of these first
devotionals was primarily through the Burning Bush Newsletter sent to
prison facilities throughout the United States and Canada.

Thank you for your prayers for my wife, Jeanie, she has completed
chemo for ovarian cancer and is continuing to improve. Thank you for
your prayers for Missy Dyess who is recovering from a horrendous head
on vehicle accident. In the weeks since the accident she has made much
progress. She is still in need of your prayers to continue to recover.
Please pray for Kanesha Greer, she is a 11-year-old girl who has stage
four bone cancer (osteosarcoma). Kanesha is a member of our church.
Many prayer needs are posted at the Burning Bush website on the Prayer
Request page. You can also post your prayer requests there and they
will be forwarded to the Burning Bush Prayer Group (Of course, I am
always in need of prayer - please pray for me.).

If you are not my friend on facebook or myspace you can be, just add
me. The devotionals are posted in my blogs on those two social
networks and you can leave comments, feedback about them there. There
are other social networks designed just for Christians, however, this
is an outreach project to reach those who may not know the Lord or may
have wandered away. You can help me reach out to them.

For information about how to hear my testimony in your church visit
this link: www.theburningbush.net/pages.asp?pageid=22160
Currently seeking opportunities to share my testimony in the United
States. No love offering, just want the opportunity to share what God
has done in my life.

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My son, Clark Wrather, has been called to be the pastor of the First
Baptist Church of Yukon, Oklahoma. His first Sunday there was July 15,
2012. God has performed many miracles to bring this move about.
Services at FBC Yukon are televised in the Oklahoma City area on Cox
Channel 125.

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countries. Celebrating 14 years online since January 31, 1998. Since
June 8, 1998 the Burning Bush Devotional has been spreading the truth
of God's Word to more than 16,000 subscribers across the world.

Please join the Burning Bush Prayer Group. The group began in 1998 and
is made up of more than 300 prayer warriors. Send prayer requests and
receive prayer requests. To join send an email to:
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02.21.13

The Right Place at the Right Time

Now an angel of the Lord spoke to Philip, saying, “Arise and go toward
the south along the road which goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza.” This
is desert. So he arose and went. And behold, a man of Ethiopia, a
eunuch of great authority under Candace the queen of the Ethiopians,
who had charge of all her treasury, and had come to Jerusalem to
worship, was returning. And sitting in his chariot, he was reading
Isaiah the prophet. Then the Spirit said to Philip, “Go near and
overtake this chariot.” So Philip ran to him, and heard him reading
the prophet Isaiah, and said, “Do you understand what you are
reading?” And he said, “How can I, unless someone guides me?” And he
asked Philip to come up and sit with him. - Acts 8:26-31.

Kraai McClure and Scott Beautler were in the right place at the right
time to rescue two little girls. McClure and Beautler were driving on
a state highway near Naselle, Oregon when they just happened to notice
some damage to a tree and decided to stop to check it out. Scott says
that something “struck him as weird” about the tree damage. What they
found was an accident scene and two little girls who survived. Jessica
Rath, the mother of the two girls had apparently fallen asleep while
driving; struck the tree and was killed. The 4-year-old girl was able
to get her 2-year-old sister who was injured out of the vehicle and
covered them both with a blanket. The overnight temperature was in the
lower 40s and the girls could have died from exposure in the cold and
rain. The girl’s father is now caring for them.

Was it just luck or coincidence that McClure and Beautler happened to
be in the right place at the right time noticing “something weird”
about a tree? I choose to believe that it was an act of God directing
their attention to the tree damage, enough so that they stopped to
check it out.

The story about Phillip and the Ethiopian in the Book of Acts gives us
instruction about the right time and right place thing. There was
nothing accidental about Phillip being there when the Ethiopian passed
by. It was not accidental because God placed Phillip at that exact
place and time so that he could be a witness to the Ethiopian. There
was nothing accidental about McClure and Beautler being in the right
place at the right time either.

How often do events occur and we pass them off as just being luck or
coincidence that we are there in the right place at the right time?
How often do we fail to take advantage of opportunities to witness or
to help even though God has supernaturally placed us where we will be
able to witness or help?

The next time you appear to be in the right place at the right time,
look around, and see what it is that God would have you to do.

Copyright © 2012. Ed Wrather. The Burning Bush website has been online
since January 31, 1998. On June 8, 1998 the email version of the
Burning Bush Devotional was first sent. Ed Wrather began writing
devotionals in the early 1990s. The distribution of these first
devotionals was primarily through the Burning Bush Newsletter sent to
prison facilities throughout the United States and Canada.

Thank you for your prayers for my wife, Jeanie, she has completed
chemo for ovarian cancer and is continuing to improve. Thank you for
your prayers for Missy Dyess who is recovering from a horrendous head
on vehicle accident. In the weeks since the accident she has made much
progress. She is still in need of your prayers to continue to recover.
Please pray for Kanesha Greer, she is a 11-year-old girl who has stage
four bone cancer (osteosarcoma). Kanesha is a member of our church.
Many prayer needs are posted at the Burning Bush website on the Prayer
Request page. You can also post your prayer requests there and they
will be forwarded to the Burning Bush Prayer Group (Of course, I am
always in need of prayer - please pray for me.).

If you are not my friend on facebook or myspace you can be, just add
me. The devotionals are posted in my blogs on those two social
networks and you can leave comments, feedback about them there. There
are other social networks designed just for Christians, however, this
is an outreach project to reach those who may not know the Lord or may
have wandered away. You can help me reach out to them.

For information about how to hear my testimony in your church visit
this link: http://www.theburningbush.net/pages.asp?pageid=22160
Currently seeking opportunities to share my testimony in the United
States. No love offering, just want the opportunity to share what God
has done in my life.

If you enjoy the devotional please recommend it to your friends. They
may subscribe by sending a blank email to
burningbushdevo-join@welovegod.org

My son, Clark Wrather, has been called to be the pastor of the First
Baptist Church of Yukon, Oklahoma. His first Sunday there was July 15,
2012. God has performed many miracles to bring this move about.
Services at FBC Yukon are televised in the Oklahoma City area on Cox
Channel 125.

There is a complete devotional archive at the old Burning Bush
website. Here is the URL: http://www.theburningbush.org/33.html.

You can unsubscribe to the pure text version of the devotional by
sending a blank email to burningbushdevo-leave@welovegod.org and then
respond to the confirmation email.

You may subscribe to the html text group by sending a blank email to
burningbushhtml-join@welovegod.org and you may unsubscribe by sending
a blank email to burningbushhtml-leave@welovegod.org and then respond
to the confirmation email. If the link does not work, copy and paste
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