Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before, Philippians 3:13.
The book of acts gives us the detailed story
of Saul of Tarus, who later became known as Paul. Prior to his conversion, he
desperately persecuted God’s people. However, one day, on his way to Damascus,
in furtherance of his merciless onslaught
against the church, he had an encounter
with the Lord “…what wilt thou have me to
do?...” Acts 9:6.
That day,
Lord changed his destiny and gave him a new focus. The hitherto persecutor of
the church became one of the Lord’s greatest Apostles whom He charged with the responsibility
to take Gospel to the Gentiles, turning them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan unto God, Acts 26:18. With a
greater zeal than that with which he previously persecuted the church, Paul committed
His life to reaching the Gospel, refusing to be deterred by his unpleasant
past. He realized that “…if any man be in
Christ, he is a new creation: old things are passed away; behold, all things are
become new” 2 Corinthians 5:17. This was his testimony; this was his
victory: To hold forth the world of life with boldness, irrespective of the
past. Our opening verse reveals, how he was able to deal with His past; a
lesson for us all.
Paul’s
testimony shows what the Lord can do in the life of anyone who receives the word,
regardless of their past. The Lord Jesus can transform a man forever, and give
him a new destiny; His word in you will transform your life and recreate your
world by the influence of the Holy Spirit. Therefore, like the Apostle Paul, be
totally committed to the Lord and His Gospel. Speak the word with boldness, and
refuse to allow anything, including past experiences, daunt your zeal for
revealing Christ to your world.
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