'Falling to the ground he heard a voice saying to him, "Saul, Saul. why are you persecuting me?"' Imagine yourself falling to the ground, hearing the voice without seeing! Or imagine youself seeing something without hearing. Those things are insane right?! But Saul knew that the voice was from God because he cannot deny it. He was blinded and something like scales blocked his ability to see for a while. Saul probably refused to believe while he was blind, but God refused to give up on Him, so Saul was blinded for three days and he didn't either eat or drink. After three days of battling, his eyes were restored and the scales fell off. So he rose and was baptized and ate! Saul learned that he got to stop fighting against Him and His ways, so he started to follow Him boldly!
'The men who were traveling with him stood speechless, hearing the voice but seeing no one. Saul rose from the ground, and although his eyes were opened, he saw nothing. So they led him by the hand and brought him into Damacus." After those men led Saul to Damacus and Saul met disciple named Ananias. I don't know what the men did after that! Maybe they decided to believe, or thought that it was insane and left since they don't know what to do with Saul. It is their choice, but Saul found Him! Sometimes we have to do something insane by believing that a voice came from Him without seeing like Saul did!
Do you want to be like Saul or like those men who may choose to doubt as they leave? It takes only one step. Which step will you make? If you want to take Saul's step, then the next step is to find a disciple like Ananias who will teach you. Who is your Ananias?
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