Redirection
by Cathy Vinson |
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It is one thing to
see no one when our eyes are shut, but when we open them and find no one, something
unnatural is occurring; it is time for divine redirection.
This was certainly the case for Saul. The mere words "I AM JESUS" (9:5)
instantanteously dispelled and dismissed every ounce of energy Saul had been so zealously
pursuing. Consider that he had entered "every house" (8:3), dragging out its
inhabitants. Can we picture in our own frame, the gaul necessary to barge into every home
in our neighborhoods, disrupting any and every activity happening, and removing fathers
and mothers even unto death? Such was the zeal of Saul. This, he believed, he was doing
for God.
But now he was in no man's land. No direction..only to now realize his very passion had
soared over repeated misgivings and promptings of the Holy Spirit. How many a man and
woman had pled for mercy, for his repentance? Many had been his goads (9:5)!
What about you and me? Even we who believe in our present obedience have our own kicking
back we are waging (9:5). It is Jesus we are dealing with. Wouldn't it be to our benefit
to have eyes shut that could NOT see, to be left with no ability until "we are told
what we must do" (9:6)?
One writer speaks of CEASING to love that we might learn to love again. It is this
"again" that matters. Born "again." Christendom had been permitted to
absorb the ravaging of savage Saul for the "again" man, Paul.
Let us be willing to be redirected, to open our eyes to see, and for a time, NOT SEE. Who
knows that there is not a story yet to be known of our
own redirecting.
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