"He fell to the ground and heard a voice say to him, “Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me?”"
{Acts 9:4} (NIV 1984)
The call and ministry of Saul has many similarities to the call and ministry of Moses.
“Saul, Saul”, “Moses, Moses”; what tenderness, what love for both men, what intimate knowledge of these men our Lord has. The timing seems off although we know it is perfect. Much of the early church had been persecuted; surely God should have called Saul earlier? Moses spent 40 years wandering the dessert while God’s people suffered; surely God should have called Moses earlier?
Moses had been trained and excelled in the system that he was to deliver God’s people from. Saul had been trained and excelled in the system that the church must be delivered from. Saul would stand alone for the gospel of grace against the majority of the apostles. Moses stood alone over and over again; him against the rest of God’s people.
God used Moses in a mighty way, an amazing way, to forge His people into a holy nation ready to take the promised land. God used Saul in the same way, to prepare His church to live in the glory and victory that we have in the finished work of our Lord on the cross.
Friend, the Lord is still calling men and women to be His chosen instruments to save people. To whom has God sent you? His timing and choices are perfect!
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