"You Will Be Told

What You Are To Do"

Meanwhile Saul, breathing threats and murder against the disciples of the LORD, went to the high priest and asked him for letters to the synagogues at Damascus, so that if he found any who belonged to the Way, men or women, he might bring them bound to Jerusalem. Now as he was going along and approaching Damascus, suddenly a light from heaven flashed around him. He fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to him, "Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me?" He asked, "Who are you, Lord?" The reply came, "I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting. But get up and enter the city, and you will be told what you are to do." The men who were traveling with him stood speechless because they heard the voice but saw no one. Saul got up from the ground, and though his eyes were open, he could see nothing; so they led him by the hand and brought him into Damascus. For three days he was without sight, and neither ate nor drank.

Acts 9:1-9

When you realize you are in the presence of the One true God, there can only be one question you have, and that is how you are supposed to serve. Ask the Lord today what He would have you do. He will show you the way, and He will give you the tools to get the job done.

Requests for health, wealth, healing, success, and even spiritual power are not wrong, but they can become selfish prayers if they do not flow from a heart determined to obey God. Obedience expresses our love for God and enables us to experience His love for us.

The best way to know God's will

is to say

"I will" to God.

Our Daily Bread - May 15, 2005