Acts 8:26-40 / John 6:44-51
When we hear a person using words like "What is there is stop me?", we know that it means serious business!
Usually people will be more polite and gentle with their words, and even if they want something, they would be courteous and put it across in a more acceptable way.
In the 1st reading, we heard the eunuch asking Philip "Is there anything to stop me from being baptized?"
It was not out of arrogance that the eunuch was making that statement. It was an expression of a deep desire after a dramatic conversion through the explanation of Scriptures by Philip.
More than just an enlightening explanation of the Scriptures by Philip and the openness of the heart of the eunuch, there was present the grace of God that enable the two to be connected.
As Jesus said in the gospel: No one can come to me unless he is drawn by the Father who sent me.
Let us realize that nothing can happen, dramatic or otherwise, without the grace of God.
It was the grace of God that called Philip to set out on that road that goes from Jerusalem down to the Gaza, and it was the grace of God that drew the eunuch to ask for baptism.
So when the grace of God calls out to us and draws us to a mission and to do His will, let us be open to His grace.
There is nothing to stop God from doing what He wants. But what He wants of us is a loving obedience to His will. May we be docile to His grace.