May 24

Ministry to Persecuted Believers
A former persecutor shares Christ
Acts 11:25-26

Read the Bible through:
AM - 2 Kings 6-7; PM - Luke 23:1-12

"Then Barnabas departed for Tarsus to seek Saul. 26 And when he had found him, he brought him to Antioch. So it was that for a whole year they assembled with the church and taught a great many people". (Acts 11:25-26)

There is always a sense in which the ways and the workings of God will remain a mystery to us. It is incredible how God could take Saul of Tarsus, a persecutor of the church, and transform him into the great missionary apostle Paul. And yet, because it is in the Bible, we know it to be true.

The mistake we make is in somehow thinking God could only do that in Bible times. In reality, God can and does do the same thing today. He is still in the business of transforming the vilest sinner into the most valuable saint. The fact he can use any of us proves there is no one He cannot change and no one he cannot use. His power is that great.

Lord, help me not to judge people as they are, but to see them for what You can change them to be.