June 13
Acts 9:1-25
Every person that comes to faith in Jesus is a lost person who becomes found. They are a person who is in darkness coming to the light. Every conversion is a miracle, but some are more surprising than others. As you consider people who seem to be beyond salvation, it is hard to imagine someone more unlikely than Paul. He was seeking to arrest Christians and even oversaw their murders—until Christ broke into his life. Jesus did this through a miraculous appearance on the road to Damascus. After Jesus revealed who he was to Paul, his whole life changed. He went from a persecutor of Christians to proclaiming Christ. He went from bringing suffering upon Christians to willingly enduring anything to make more Christians.
Even if your backstory looks nothing like Paul's, the fact that any person is saved is a surprising act. All our sin separates us from God, and it is only God's initiative and grace which saves anyone. This reality should cause us to celebrate our salvation and give us courage to share with anyone and everyone. No matter where someone is today spiritually, if God breaks into their life, everything will be different tomorrow.
Father God, thank you for my salvation and the grace I receive. Help me to courageously share with all people, no matter their beliefs or behavior today, because you can save everyone. Amen.
Is there anyone in your life that you have stopped sharing with because you cannot imagine them becoming saved? How can you faithfully extend God's love and grace to them?
Every person that comes to faith in Jesus is a lost person who becomes found. They are a person who is in darkness coming to the light. Every conversion is a miracle, but some are more surprising than others. As you consider people who seem to be beyond salvation, it is hard to imagine someone more unlikely than Paul. He was seeking to arrest Christians and even oversaw their murders—until Christ broke into his life. Jesus did this through a miraculous appearance on the road to Damascus. After Jesus revealed who he was to Paul, his whole life changed. He went from a persecutor of Christians to proclaiming Christ. He went from bringing suffering upon Christians to willingly enduring anything to make more Christians.
Even if your backstory looks nothing like Paul's, the fact that any person is saved is a surprising act. All our sin separates us from God, and it is only God's initiative and grace which saves anyone. This reality should cause us to celebrate our salvation and give us courage to share with anyone and everyone. No matter where someone is today spiritually, if God breaks into their life, everything will be different tomorrow.
Father God, thank you for my salvation and the grace I receive. Help me to courageously share with all people, no matter their beliefs or behavior today, because you can save everyone. Amen.
Is there anyone in your life that you have stopped sharing with because you cannot imagine them becoming saved? How can you faithfully extend God's love and grace to them?
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