“‘Who are you, Lord?’ Saul asked. ‘I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting,’ he replied” (Acts 9:5).

Written by: Krista Collins

Saul, who had been breathing out murderous threats against the Lord’s disciples, heard the voice of the Lord. He heard the voice of authority -- the voice of his creator. And Saul changed his ways.

What will you do when you hear the voice of your creator calling out to you?

The pastor in my church always says, “No matter who you are, no matter what you’ve done, no matter what’s been done to you, you are welcome at the Lord’s table.” I love this invaluable truth. We are all God’s children because He made us all.

You may be reading this in a hospital, hotel, palace or prison. You may be overwhelmed and running weary. You, may be like Saul, “breathing out murderous threats.” You may be like Moses, who “killed an Egyptian and hid him in the sand” (Exodus 2:11). Or David, “A man after God’s own heart” (Acts 13:22). David, who saw Bathsheba -- another man’s wife -- and took her as his own and had her husband killed.

It is never our character that wins God. It is His love. He is always calling out to His beloved children to come to his side. The question remains, will you answer that call? Will you look beyond yourself and look to Him? God is well aware of all of our faults and shortcomings yet he calls us anyway.

Like Saul, we need to let the voice of authority, the voice of our creator, be the only voice we obey. The only voice we follow. God will do remarkable things through the one willing to trust beyond what they do not understand.

Saul “got up from the ground, but when he opened his eyes he could see nothing.” (Acts 9:8) For three days Saul trusted God in total darkness. Saul believed, even though he could not see, somehow God would use him. Saul trusted who he did not believe -- Jesus.

When the Lord called to Ananias and told him to “Go to the house of Judas on Straight Street and ask for a man from Tarsus named Saul ... and lay hands on him to restore his sight” (Acts 9:11). Ananias was faced with the same choice. To trust the Lord. To go where He was sent and to trust what he did not understand. Ananias had to believe what he didn’t trust. Ananias was asked to walk into the life of one who was seeking to kill him -- Saul. Saul had to trust what he didn’t believe in -- the Lord. Both men had to walk by faith on ground they did not feel safe on. Both men said “yes” when their hearts and minds must have been filled with “no.”

He is still calling today. Calling us out on new water. To go and to do things we don’t understand in circumstances we may not trust and feel comfortable. As long as we will keep our eyes on Him, seek His voice and trust when we don’t understand, it is here when we walk by faith that we walk closest.

The Lord knew Saul’s name. He knew Ananias’ name. He knows your name, too.

Let’s be a people who respond the same. Let’s go where He sends us. The safest place to be is where He has called you to go.

Trusting What You Don’t Understand -Devotional