He Surrendered to Jesus (Acts 22:10)

By the fourth stage in Paul’s crisis experience, he had been arrested, blinded, humbled, and taught. He knew what he was and what he really had been doing, and he knew that he was speaking to the Messiah, Jesus Christ. Paul was now ready to trust and obey, and he asked, “What shall I do, Lord?” The fullest reply to this question is in Acts 26:16–18:

Now get up and stand on your feet. I [Jesus] have appeared to you to appoint you as a servant and as a witness of what you have seen and will see of me. I will rescue you from your own people and from the Gentiles. I am sending you to them to open their eyes and turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan to God, so that they may receive forgiveness of sins and a place among those who are sanctified by faith in me.

Paul had begun this trip leading a group of zealous Jews to battle, and now one of those men took blind Paul by the hand as though he were a little child and led their leader to Damascus. Paul was humble now and willing to obey, and for three days he sat in the darkness and ate no food. Then the Lord sent one of the ordinary believers in the city to restore Paul’s sight, impart the fullness of the Spirit to him, and baptize him. Were it not for Paul, we would never have met Ananias; but were it not for Ananias, Paul could not have entered into his ministry. He spent time with the believers in Damascus and began boldly preaching in the synagogues.

What Jesus said to Paul was simply, “Get up! Stand up! Speak up! Look up!” But isn’t this what He says to all of His followers, including you and me?

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