Saul, who was once a bad persecutor of Jesus, is now totally converted to Paul, the great man of God. The process of his conversion looks really suffering and painful. He had to lose his sight for three days, which I cannot even imagine how I would bear, and he also didn't eat or drink for the period. Moreover because he had to be a totally different person, he might need to decide to leave all the things he had got in his life behind to follow Jesus. That would have been hard for him as a human.
I think conversion should give us suffer like Paul had. Maybe we're still in the process. I just pray that when Jesus let me know how much I must suffer for his name(9;15), I can realize he wants to use me and I'm his chosen instrument.
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Thanks for sharing Sungeun,
Whether we are meant to be great or small instruments, I hope and pray that each of our lives are devoted to fulfilling God's will.
The first thing that struck me was how ambitious and zealous Saul was in doing what he believed was the right thing to do. He must have been a very capable and thus a very successful man. Yet, if it wasn't for Christ, he would have continued to zealously and passionately waste his life. Thank God Christ revealed the truth to Saul so that his talents and abilities were redeemed and used for what is truly good. Through Paul's ministry, even we are touched and enlightened by God's truth though we live thousands of years after him.
Thanks Sungeun :)
Saul's conversion did indeed involve suffering, pain and time, but to be redeemed of the life he lived before...I'm sure the suffering was all worth it.
We will never deserve God's grace and mercy, but He showers us with them because He loves us so much. I hope that we can see how great His love truly is.
thanks for your reflection, sungeun. i wonder if saul's blindness is symbolic of the fact that before salvation, we truly live in darkness. our christian faith helps us to see things in the "light", rightfully and truthfully. when paul was granted his "sight", he was never the same again, and neither was the world.
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