Saul, Saul, why persecuteth thou me?

The story of Saul is an interesting one as recorded in the book of Acts 9. Saul, it says, went about “breathing out threatening and slaughter,” against the disciples of the Lord. On his way to Damascus to bring in more of those horrible Christians he saw a light. He fell to the earth and heard a voice saying, “Saul, Saul, why persecuteth thou me?”  And Saul came face to face with Jesus. What is so interesting is that he had to have the Holy Ghost in order to see the light, to hear the voice and to see Jesus.  So the  question I have is do we sometimes feel the Spirit and yet misinterpret what it means? Well, it has happened to me and it happened to Saul and I bet it has happened to others as well.

 It is a learning process rather like the game of hot and cold. “What are you trying to tell me Lord? Should I go to Damascus?”

“Cold.”  

“Slaughter the Christians?”

“Freezing!”

But he went anyway. He had not learned to listen.

Eventually we learn what things are cold and what things are warm, hot, and burning up. Reading the scriptures, praying,  helping others, forgiving, preaching that Christ lives today and that he will return. All of these thing bring us closer to the Spirit. The thing of it is that Paul/Saul really was on fire, and he wanted to do the right thing, but he was working for the wrong side and just didn’t know it. So just because we feel the Spirit and run off to do what we think is right doesn’t mean it is. We have to be sure that the Spirit continues with us in the doing.The Holy Ghost is a teacher, and some of us are slow learners.