Don’t Give Up On Your Saul
“Go to the house of Judas on Straight Street and ask for … Saul, for he is praying.” Acts 9:11.
Has everyone else written off your Saul?
‘He is too far gone.’
‘He is too hard, too addicted, too old, too cold.’
Joseph believed one day he would be reunited with the brothers who betrayed him, and it happened.
God believed in Saul. And he believed in Saul through Ananias: ‘“Brother Saul, the Lord Jesus, who appeared to you on the road as you came, has sent me that you may receive your sight and be filled with the Holy Spirit’” Acts 9:17.
Max Lucado writes: ‘My favourite Ananias-type story involves a couple of college roommates. The Ananias of the pair was a tolerant soul. He tolerated his friend’s late-night drunkenness, midnight throw-ups, and all-day sleep-ins. He didn’t complain when his friend disappeared for the weekend or smoked cigarettes in the car. He could have requested a roommate who went to church more or cursed less or cared about something other than impressing girls. But he hung with his personal Saul, seeming to think that something good could happen if the guy could pull his life together. So he kept cleaning up the mess, inviting his roommate to church, and covering his back.
I don’t remember a bright light or a loud voice. I’ve never travelled on a desert road to Damascus. But I distinctly remember Jesus knocking me off my perch and flipping on the light. It took four semesters, but Steve’s example and Jesus’ message finally got through.’
So, no matter what, don’t give up on your Saul!