December 03, 2023
Daily Devotion:
"Follow Him Everywhere"
Acts 9:1-4
New International Version
9 Meanwhile, Saul was still breathing out murderous threats against the Lord’s disciples. He went to the
high priest 2 and asked him for letters to the synagogues in Damascus, so that if he found any there who belonged to the Way, whether men or women, he might take them as prisoners to Jerusalem. 3 As he neared Damascus on his journey, suddenly a light from heaven flashed around him. 4 He fell to the ground and
heard a voice say to him, “Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me?”
Jesus called him by name, saying, “Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting Me?” (v. 4). But the persecutor
couldn’t respond by addressing the Lord, because he didn’t yet know Christ. He didn’t have to wait long, however. “I am Jesus whom you are persecuting,” the
Lord told the soon-to-be apostle (v. 5). And it was then that the great work began. Paul began “proclaiming Jesus in the synagogues” and “proving that this
Jesus is the Christ” (vv. 20, 22).
In John 10:27, Jesus said, “My sheep listen to My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me.” The knowing
between the Savior and His servant became so deep that Paul, the “chosen instrument,” bore Christ’s name “before the Gentiles” and “suffered in behalf” of it (Acts 9:15-16).
Paul listened. He knew the voice of his Savior, and he followed. May we do the same.
