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Saul Earns Credibility

Acts 9:1-9  The Message

9 ^1-2 All this time Saul was breathing down the necks of the Master’s disciples, out for the kill. He went to the Chief Priest and got arrest warrants to take to the meeting places in Damascus so that if he found anyone there belonging to the Way, whether men or women, he could arrest them and bring them to Jerusalem.

^3-4 He set off. When he got to the outskirts of Damascus, he was suddenly dazed by a blinding flash of light. As he fell to the ground, he heard a voice: “Saul, Saul, why are you out to get me?”
^5-6 He said, “Who are you, Master?”
“I am Jesus, the One you’re hunting down. I want you to get up and enter the city. In the city you’ll be told what to do next.”

^7-9 His companions stood there dumbstruck—they could hear the sound, but couldn’t see anyone—while Saul, picking himself up off the ground, found himself stone-blind. They had to take him by the hand and lead him into Damascus. He continued blind for three days. He ate nothing, drank nothing.

For Reflection 

God does this all the time.  God selects the least anticipated people to take pivotal roles in God's grand overture to reconcile human kind.  Knowing this, I ask you, "Why are you surprised that God would select you?"

Pray

that your encounters with God, the Son and the Holy Spirit lift you into evangelical grace.  Pray that you, like Saul be transformed and spiritually nourished.