316 - "Who Are You, Lord?" Acts 9-10

                               

SAUL...murderer no more
Acts 9:17 The Master sent Ananias to Saul so that he could see again and be filled with the Holy Spirit.  With the help of the Spirit, Saul begins preaching uninhibited in the Master's Name---so much so that the Jews and Hellenists wanted to kill him.   He went from a voice of crime to a voice of compassion.  Wonder what he thought about, what images were imprinted on is mind?

AENEAS...crippled no more
Peter healed this paralyzed man.  All those in town saw the miracle and woke up to the fact that "God was alive and active among them."

TABITHA...dead no more
Tabitha was well-known for doing good and helping out.  She became sick and died.  Peter knelt beside her lifeless body and prayed.  Tabitha sat up straight from the dead.  I'll be in Joppa on Thursday.  I weep as I think about seeing the spot.  

CORNELIUS...separated no more
Acts 10:33 God puts things together like Cornelius meeting Peter.  "And now we're all here in God's presence, ready to listen to whatever the Master put in your heart to tell us."  That's where I am this very day.  Given a trip to Israel and here we are in God's very Presence.  Whether we are in Israel or Indiana, would you dear God please make us ready to listen?  Acts 10:35 "It makes no difference who you are or where you're from—if you want God and are ready to do as he says, the door is open." 

Seeing the face of Christ dazzled Paul to the things of Another Country. It took his eyes off of this world and what he was doing to make this world work. Dazzled by the Holy One. Blinded and offered eternal hope. And Paul cooperated to the fullest extent with the One Who held his hand. Acts 9:9

Every one of us has to answer the question:  "Who are you, Lord?" Acts 9:5
Such a wonder that Saul found Him.
Such a wonder that we find Him today.
God can draw aside the blindness.
God did for me. And He has for you.
"Who was brought to Christ's feet with those words?" M. Henry
I'm praying we all will.

PHOTO:  There is Something about a person's face that thrills the soul. Seeing this face for the first time shook my world.