J.A. Matteson
God deals with our individual temperament in order align our wills to His purpose. "And he was three days without sight, and neither ate nor drank" (Acts 9:9). Saul was a man of action, on the move. God stopped him cold, temporarily removing physical sight while giving spiritual sight to become the instrument of God's choosing to the Gentiles. In an instant Saul's world was turned upside down, his entire worldview shattered. It is a humbling experience to realize that what you were certain of was in fact wrong! Repentance, reconciliation, and realignment to God's perspective and calling enraptured Saul's heart. The clarity and majesty of what he saw spiritually over three days radically transformed the passion and content of his message going forward, dumbfounding those who knew him. An intensely personal encounter is the call of conversion. And most are unable to adequately express the totality of the experience, accept to boldly proclaim that I once was blind, but now I see, I once was deaf, but now I hear! Acceptance or opposition bear no influence upon the messenger of Christ, for his delight is in the comforting presence of His savior, and His approval alone he seeks, He who saved his soul from death.
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