OUR LORD WHO SENDS US INTO WHAT CHALLENGES US MOST

Acts Chapter 9 verse 13 say this;

 “Lord,” Ananias answered, “I have heard many reports about this man and all the harm he has done to your holy people in Jerusalem. 

This passage records the response of Ananias when the Lord Jesus, in a vision, gave him an instruction to go to talk to Saul who was fierce persecutor of the believers.

Ananias was abreast of the political situations of the day in Israel and knew who the hostile players were. When his vision from the Lord directed him to go to a specific address and ask for Saul, Ananias immediately knew who that was and mentioned to the Lord that Saul was an enemy of the people of God with the implication that it  would be dangerous to try and contact  him.

Ananias must have a close relationship with the Lord because Jesus, hearing the update from Ananias, told  Ananaias to go anyway but comforted Ananais by explaining that He intended to make Saul His instrument to proclaim the gospel to the gentiles and also to the children of Israel and also that Saul would suffer a great deal in the Lord's sake.

Let us bless our Lord who sends us into areas where our greatest insecurities lie and He shows us that our greatest fears are the Lord's opportunities to build the kingdom of God.

Amen.