With all of the success that Philip was encountering in Samaria, it seems strange that God would lead him away from that area to a desert road leading to Gaza. Yet, that is exactly what God did and Philip obeyed without hesitation. God's ways are not our ways, and his thoughts are not our thoughts. However, God is always right and his plan is always best. In his plans, God is about to save an Ethiopian eunuch and send the glorious light of the gospel to Africa.