Monday, September 22, 2014

Saul Became Paul

Sometimes God allows us to struggle under the hand of those who are unfair for a yet invisible reason.  

Before Saul became Paul, he persecuted the church.  He had both men and women put to death.  Then Jesus himself confronted Saul on the road to Damascas, and knocked him off his high horse, if you will (Acts 9; Acts 26:9-18).  Saul was converted and became known as Paul, the man whom God used to write most of the new testament.


All those believers who were killed by Saul had no concept that they were being put to death by someone who would become a leader of the church.  There is peace in knowing God has a purpose in all things, whether we see and understand it or not (1 Peter 2:18-25)