Monday Reading: Acts 9:1-9
Key Verse: Acts 9:5
5 And he said, Who are you, lord? And the Lord said, I am Jesus whom you persecute. It is hard for you to kick against the goads.
Devotion:
There are times whether we wonder if Christ will forgive us of the things that we have done or thought but when we read stories such as this in our bibles we must know that nothing is beyond Christ’s mercy towards us. Saul was one who plotted against Christians. He went out of his way to make sure that he could do everything in his power to persecute them and to try and bring them down. And yet Christ came before him and gave him a bit of inspiration to stop working against Him and work for Him instead!
There are always things in our lives that we do not wish to give up because we believe that they are what we should be doing or we believe that we need them. But if we ever find out that they are against Christ’s teaching or against His will then we have to put them behind us and move forward with Christ. He alone is the one who has the strength to give us to work against those things in our lives. We cannot hope to put something behind us if we believe it to be good for us in some manner. Christ will be able to persuade us otherwise!
Just like He showed Saul the error of his ways, He is willing to go that extra mile with us to try and convince us of the errors in our lives. He does this so that we can see that He is still willing to forgive us no matter what we do get up to. No matter how bad we think we are, Christ is able to cleanse us from all unrighteousness and lift us back up into a position where we are able to best serve Him. We have to be willing to let go of the things in our lives that are bringing us down and He will try to show us what is – but He will never force us to do things. He showed Saul in no uncertain terms who He was and what He is capable of so that Saul would see just who is in charge; but Saul was the one who had to follow Christ’s request first. Make your move and live for Christ!
Points to Ponder:
What end are you working towards?
Is Christ receiving the glory for what you do?
