Acts 9

Acts 9

Saul now becomes Paul - he, who was the worst in persecuting Christians, becomes the best at converting Gentiles.

That sure gives me hope. God can take the despised, the lowly, the hurt, the hateful, the hated, and make them vessels of noble use. Beautiful in His eyes!

One of the scriptures that really touched me is:

Acts 9:18 Immediately, something like scales fell from Saul's eyes, and he could see again...

That happened to me once. I had been a member of a very organized, works-based religion for 20 years. I remember reading the Bible once in awhile. Once I became a Christian, I read a Bible verse that I was familiar with. I thought to myself, "How could I have read that so many times and not really seen the true meaning of it?"

I truly felt that my eyes had been opened.

That's what happens when Jesus gets involved - the Truth is revealed to us by the Holy Spirit.

John 16:13 But when he, the Spirit of truth, comes, he will guide you into all truth. He will not speak on his own; he will speak only what he hears, and he will tell you what is yet to come.

What about you? Have your eyes been opened to the Truth?