October 14, 2010 What Shall I Do, Lord?

October 14
What Shall I Do, Lord?
Read Acts 22 - 24

Acts 22:10 And I said, “What shall I do, Lord?” And the Lord told me, “Get up and go into Damascus, and there you will be told what awaits you in the years ahead.”

“LORD, LORD.” Paul says to Jesus. Jesus has broken into Paul’s life to change his life and to affect a change in the world for the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
I have always been amazed at Paul’s quick response to the bright light he describes and the change to his physical surroundings. He seems to immediately know who has broken into his life. When Paul says, “Lord.” he’s not using the term casually. He’s saying, “Lord” because he has immediately given up all of his hateful aggression against Jesus of Nazareth.
The Spirit of God has spiritually taken a knife to Paul’s heart and cut it open to release the festering hatred and opposition that had captivated Paul’s heart for years. The Spirit removed the desire to kill and destroy Christians. The Spirit made Paul’s heart an empty vessel ready to fill with the truth. Paul, in an instant, recognized who had come to him, and he said, “Lord.”
Everywhere in Scripture when God dramatically comes to people—whether it’s a burning bush, an angel of light, a staircase out of heaven, a voice in the night, or many other ways, ordinary people come to the point where they say, “What shall I do, Lord?”
When Paul asked the question, he was fully prepared for his Lord’s answer. Jesus rushed into Paul’s heart. Jesus filled Paul’s heart with uncompromising love for him. Jesus rushed into Paul’s heart with a power and a passion to change the world.
Are you ready to ask the question, “What shall I do, Lord?”


Pause and Consider: how life-changing the answer will be.