"Brother Saul"
"Brother Saul"
Wednesday
"And one Ananias, a devout man according to the law, well spoken of by all the Jews who lived there, came to me, and standing by me said to me, 'Brother Saul, receive your sight.' And at that very hour I received my sight and saw him. And he said, 'The God of our fathers appointed you to know his will, to see the Righteous One and to hear a voice from his mouth; for you will be a witness for him to everyone of what you have seen and heard. And now why do you wait? Rise and be baptized and wash away your sins, calling on his name.'"
— Acts 22:12-16 (ESV)
So then you are no longer strangers and aliens, but you are fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God,
— Ephesians 2:19 (ESV)
— Acts 22:12-16 (ESV)
So then you are no longer strangers and aliens, but you are fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God,
— Ephesians 2:19 (ESV)
Reflection:
Ananias had every reason to keep his distance. This man had come to Damascus with arrest warrants. Yet his first words were "Brother Saul." God never saves us to be loners. He saves us into a household. Think about the Ananias in your life: the teacher, the neighbor, the grandparent who loved you before you were lovable. Then ask a harder question: who needs you to be their Ananias right now?
Ananias had every reason to keep his distance. This man had come to Damascus with arrest warrants. Yet his first words were "Brother Saul." God never saves us to be loners. He saves us into a household. Think about the Ananias in your life: the teacher, the neighbor, the grandparent who loved you before you were lovable. Then ask a harder question: who needs you to be their Ananias right now?
Consider:
Write down the name of one person God used in your story, and one person you could welcome as family this week.
Write down the name of one person God used in your story, and one person you could welcome as family this week.
Pray:
Father, thank You for the people who called me family. Make me that kind of person for someone else.
Father, thank You for the people who called me family. Make me that kind of person for someone else.
Posted in Experiencing God - Acts 21:37-22:22
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