The Beloved Disciple wrote in John chapter 14:
7 “If you had known Me, you would have known My Father also; and from now on you know Him and have seen Him.”
8 Philip said to Him, “Lord, show us the Father, and it is sufficient for us.”
9 Jesus said to him, “Have I been with you so long, and yet you have not known Me, Philip? He who has seen Me has seen the Father; so how can you say, ‘Show us the Father’?
10 Do you not believe that I am in the Father, and the Father in Me? The words that I speak to you I do not speak on My own authority; but the Father who dwells in Me does the works.
11 Believe Me that I am in the Father and the Father in Me, or else believe Me for the sake of the works themselves.
There is not much mentioned about Philip in the Gospels, but in the above passage, we can see that he was “in training” and lacked revelation based on Jesus’ response to his question. We must not allow ourselves to think that our preparation in becoming mature Sons and Daughters is tied to a lengthy time of preparation. When we have been anointed with The Holy Ghost and power by FATHER, time becomes a non-issue. The following is and excellent example of this anointing.
It is written by THE SPIRIT in Acts chapter 8:
4 Therefore those who were scattered went everywhere preaching the word.
5 Then Philip went down to the city of Samaria and preached Christ to them.
6 And the multitudes with one accord heeded the things spoken by Philip, hearing and seeing the miracles which he did.
7 For unclean spirits, crying with a loud voice, came out of many who were possessed; and many who were paralyzed and lame were healed.
8 And there was great joy in that city.
Philip’s ministry produced similar results to Jesus’ ministry described in Luke 4(40 When the sun was setting, all those who had any that were sick with various diseases brought them to Him; and He laid His hands on every one of them and healed them. 41 And demons also came out of many…). Philip fully embraced the directives of Jesus as he went about ministering the Word of Life in Samaria. Many were converted and healed as a direct result of Philip’s ministry and the result was great joy in the city. It matters not what city you live in when the anointing comes upon you. It could come upon you today or tomorrow and your city could be converted in short order.
Think about Samaria the day before Philip arrived. Could they have anticipated what would occur the next day? We must not allow ourselves to be overwhelmed by the darkness in the world and consider how difficult it would be to convert our cities. FATHER’S power can and will convert the masses in short order. Do not be discouraged about any perceived delays in your ministry but simply press in on a daily basis knowing that FATHER has everything under control. Don’t allow yourself to be restricted by your current situation for FATHER is not constrained by time, events, or our past failures. Philip went from lack of understanding to ministering with excellent results in a short period of time.