So Ananias went. Challenging. Ananias was a human just like
me. His hearing from the Lord was by faith, just like mine is. He heard God
tell him to go see a man who was on the rampage against Christians, having come
to Damascus to drag them back to Jerusalem to their deaths. He put up a fight.
What? You must be kidding!
You heard me right, Ananias. Go. So Ananias went.
I am very challenged by this exchange. It would be hard
enough if the Lord or his Messenger were standing in front of me telling me to
go to such a violent persecutor. But to hear by faith and respond in faith is
another step.
Ananias was a person just like me. May I hear with the same
degree of conviction and clarity and respond with the same degree of trust and
obedience.
