Saul was a bad dude. Really, he was a bad dude.

He persecuted the church. He was present at the stoning of Stephen, the first Christian martyr. He was out to do as much as he could do to destroy the church and destroy the movement of God.

Listen to what is said of Saul in Acts 9:

Meanwhile, Saul was uttering threats with every breath and was eager to kill the Lord’s followers.

Paul was determined to stop this new movement of Christianity.

So, Acts 9 tells us how he sets out to go to Damascus to destroy what was happening. It tells how he was going to drag the Christians back to Jerusalem and see them persecuted. He is out to stop this. And he will not be stopped in his mission of destruction.

Except for what happens later in chapter 9

As he was approaching Damascus on this mission, a light from heaven suddenly shone down around him. He fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to him, “Saul! Saul! Why are you persecuting me?” “Who are you, lord?” Saul asked. And the voice replied, “I am Jesus, the one you are persecuting! Now get up and go into the city, and you will be told what you must do.”

He has his plan. But the Lord has a different plan. Not only is His plan to stop Saul from doing what he was going to do. His plan was to change Saul.

He was going to change Saul the persecutor into Paul the Apostle. He was going to take the one that was trying to kill the church and change him into the one who was going to spread the good news of Jesus Christ across the world.

He was going to change Saul and use Saul for His glory.

He will do the same for you. A change is coming. You don’t have to be like you’ve always been. A change is coming.

God has a plan for you. God has a vision for you. God wants to use you.

If He can use Saul for amazing things, He can use you for amazing things.

A change is coming. Believe it. Live it. Cling to it. God is at work. He will change you.

Today, may we let Him do His work in our lives.

A change is coming. May we know the power of the change of God.