Do I really trust God's ability to communicate into my circumstances?
I am pondering over Saul's conversion in Acts 9.
Wow! If I look at this passage solely on God's ability to communicate to us. It really shuts me up.
These two men in this passage really represent the extremes of culture. One man, Saul, bent on killing Christians or at minimum putting them in prison. The other man, Ananias, is simply described as a believer in his home or atleast that is where I have visualized him.
God used a dramatic moment for Saul as he walked among many. They all heard, but Saul was struck blind. The intensity of Saul's conversation with God matched his personality and mood. Determined and certain, "Go and wait until I show you." A man at a fast pace forced to pause.
Ananias' conversation with God came quietly in a vision. It allowed dialogue and affirmation. It was simple and affirming, "Go. I chose this man to do my work."
Can you imagine pondering the awe of that truth? God chose the murderous Saul to go do his work and God chose Ananias to go tell him. Ananias was one brave dude!
Okay, wow! And to think, I sometimes act like God can't work in this or that circumstance. Oh I might know He can, but my words and actions do not reflect it.
What if I understand fully that if God can stop a murderer and make him a saint maker and he can take a man fearer and turn him into a bold proclaimer then GOD CAN communicate into my circumstances. God doesn't change. His plan is still the same. He wants people to know Jesus' name and that God sent Him so all could be in relationship with Him.
Maybe the only thing stopping His communication is me talking to Him!
Worthy of pondering for sure.
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