REFUSAL TO STOP (1)

Hear This: “Refusal to stop is to be stopped by God”.

On this subject matter & for better understanding, let’s start by examining the life of Saul briefly. The Saul here is the Saul in Acts chapter 9.

Who was Saul according to the aforementioned scripture? Acts 9:1-2 reads:

“And Saul, yet breathing out threatenings and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord, went unto the high priest,And desired of him letters to Damascus to the synagogues, that if he found any of this way, whether they were men or women, he might bring them bound unto Jerusalem.”

~ Saul was a threat to the christians of his time.

~ Saul was a captor, arrester or kidnapper, who put his victims in bondage.

~ Saul was an obstructer of the gospel of Christ.

Saul was a persecutor.

~ Saul was a religious fanatic.

~ Saul was humanly unstoppable.

Just to mention a few, Saul was a worker or tool in the hand of the devil.

Saul refused to stop his nefarious ways of life until he was stopped by God on his way to Damascus…

What do you need to stop?

Don’t forget, refusal to stop is to be stopped by God.

God eventually stopped Saul from attacking the christians & also from his nefarious ways of life.

However, Saul had to cooperate with God for his life & destiny to be changed.

How True? See Acts 9:6

“And he trembling and astonished said, Lord, what wilt thou have me to do? And the Lord said unto him, Arise, and go into the city, and it shall be told thee what thou must do.”

When God stopped Saul… Saul responded by asking What will you have me do? Meaning: What must I do to be saved, how can I stop this ungodly way of life & the Amplified bible put it this way: what do you desire me to do?

Beloved, have you ever asked God this destiny transforming question (what do you desire me to do) or you are just living your life anyhow?

The good news is that, the moment you ask God, what do you desire me to do and he tells you, your destiny & destination in life is changed for better.

As for Saul, his destiny name began to work for him, as we now know him as Paul. His God ordained destiny manifested as he became an unrelenting soul winner, church planter & God lover. Above all, his destination changed from going to hell to an heavenly candidate.

Hear This: “It is better to stop that contrary thing by yourself or be gently stopped by God than to be forcefully stopped”.

Don’t wait until you are forcefully stopped by God.

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Shalom