LISTEN ONLINEWhen Amy was a student, she and two friends felt called to go to Afghanistan and pray. The night before her flight, she had a dream of the three of them giving Bibles to the Taliban, and felt it was from God. Hastily, they stuffed their bags with Arabic Bibles.
Miraculously, their smuggled books passed border checks, they gained entry where journalists had been refused, and they were able to meet with the Taliban’s education minister, foreign minister and religion minister. With a wary eye on the guards carrying Kalashnikovs, Amy handed over a Bible. To her astonishment, the religion minister said, “I have prayed for many years that I could read the Bible . . . Thank you.” God used Amy’s dream to answer his prayer.
Philip was similarly directed by God to reach an intimidating official. The Ethiopian eunuch was a devout Jew who held a high position “in charge of all the treasury of the Kandake, queen of the Ethiopians” (Acts 8:27). Philip was able to explain how Isaiah 53 prophesied about Jesus (vv. 32–35) and the eunuch went back to the Ethiopian court as a baptised Christian (vv. 36–38).
The Bible is full of unexpected conversions. Amy’s encounter with the Taliban changed her: she no longer sees anyone as unreachable to God. Wonderfully, the Spirit can transform even the most unlikely people. Nothing is impossible for God.