Road to Damascus....

Acts 9:3-6, 10-11, 13, 15-16 NKJV

As he journeyed he came near Damascus, and suddenly a light shone around him from heaven. Then he fell to the ground, and heard a voice saying to him, “Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting Me?” And he said, “Who are You, Lord?” Then the Lord said, “I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting.  It is hard for you to kick against the goads.” So he, trembling and astonished, said, “Lord, what do You want me to do?” Then the Lord said to him, “Arise and go into the city, and you will be told what you must do.” Now there was a certain disciple at Damascus named Ananias; and to him the Lord said in a vision, “Ananias.” And he said, “Here I am, Lord.” So the Lord said to him, “Arise and go to the street called Straight, and inquire at the house of Judas for one called Saul of Tarsus, for behold, he is praying.  Then Ananias answered, “Lord, I have heard from many about this man, how much harm he has done to Your saints in Jerusalem. But the Lord said to him, “Go, for he is a chosen vessel of Mine to bear My name before Gentiles, kings, and the children of Israel.  For I will show him how many things he must suffer for My name’s sake.”

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Shalom! Day #342. Do you know that one encounter with the Lord Jesus Christ, can change your life for eternity? Let's pray. Father, come and encounter us once again. We need Your fresh touch once again,  we need Your fresh fire once again, we need Your fresh Spirit upon us today. Lord, come and encounter us once again today. In Jesus name, we ask and pray,  amen!

Oh that very encounter with Jesus can change our lives. Everyone of us must have the road to Damascus experience. So that we would be encountered by Jesus once again! In this verse we read about Saul, a.k.a Apostle Paul, how a church persecutor became the apostle of Jesus Christ. Sorry for saying this, God can change a drug addict into an extraordinary servant of God, a prostitute into an extraordinary evangelist! God is able! Here Jesus encountered Saul for a purpose and with a purpose. Road to Damascus, an encounter, a life changing experience for Saul. Oh yes, He did not know that the Lord Jesus Christ will encounter him on that day, but Jesus knows it because He planned it. When Jesus encountered Saul, the one question He asked was this, "Saul,  Saul,  why are persecuting me?" Now Saul was a learned man, a scholar in the Torah and he knows the law. But he didn't know that Jesus is the Messiah! He was actively involved in persecuting the church of God. Jesus, encountered Saul and that very encounter is a significant one for Saul. It changed him totally. From a persecutor to a preacher! The Lord has a plan and a purpose for your life, my life, everybody's life! When He encounter you, be ready to move!

What to do when He encounter you?

1. Acknowledge the lordship of Jesus Christ upon our lives.
⊙ Here Saul is asking "who are You, Lord?"

- even people who are called as a Christian, having the name of a Christian,  labeled themselves as a Christian actively involved in persecuting Jesus Christ. How? Well they profess to know the Lord, but in action they failed. Their lifestyle doesn't show that they are believers because they don't acknowledge the lordship of Jesus Christ upon their lives. When Saul begin to acknowledge the lordship of Jesus Christ upon his life, he began to open his heart for the impartation of the Spirit of the Lord upon him. And here we come the next point which is...

2. Lord, what do You want me to do?
⊙ when Saul opened his heart and allowed Jesus to encounter him, a transition took place.

- when Saul opened his heart and allowed Jesus to encounter him, a transition took place. Saul, from a persecutor became a well known apostle, a preacher. When the Lord encounter you, allow the Lord to mold you and make you anew. A transition will take place and you will begin to realize the call of God upon your life. He will change you according to His will to fit into His plans and to do His purpose! Hallelujah! And God will direct your steps.

3. For he is a chosen vessel.
⊙ You are His chosen vessel. Ananias reasoned with Jesus why Saul? And Jesus said, "for he is a chosen vessel of Mine!"

- there is a verse in John 15 it says, "you did not choose me, but I chosse you to go and bear fruits." The Lord Himself will show what you must do. You will be His vessel to bear His name before the nations, kings and rulers! Amen!

Everyone of us needs the road to Damascus experience. Allowing the Lord to encounter us once again! To be renewed, refilled, refire, revived, to do His will and His purposes!  Acknowledge the lordship of Jesus upon our lives and allow Him to change you according to His plan and purposes. And the rest will be a history!

Let this day be the day of the Lord!

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