Readings: Acts 9:1-20; Psalm 117; John 6:52-59.
Our first reading of today narrates a very dramatic incident. It is the account of the conversion of Saul on his road to Damascus where he was on a mission to persecute the Christians. Jesus appeared to him, spoke to him on the way and sent Ananias to him to pray for him for the recovery of both his physical and spiritual sight.
Two Lessons for us and two prayer intentions.
A. God works in mysterious ways.
The conversion experience of Saul was a unique one. No record in the Bible of anyone else converted the same way. This reminds us that we cannot limit God by our method, expectation or calculation.
We always like to ask “how”, just as in today’s Gospel, the audience wanted to know how Jesus will give them his flesh to eat.
We don’t have to know-how, we only need to pray, trust and open ourselves to any means God chooses to work.
B. God will take care of it.
When the Christians in Damascus heard that Saul was coming, what do you think must have happened to them? However, God took care of what must have made them panic and anxious. Dear friends, pray, do your best and trust God, He knows how to take care of your situation.
Intention.
I. Let us pray that the Lord may open our eyes to see where we might be in the wrong while thinking we are in the right, that we may see the truth about ourselves.
II. Let us pray that the Lord may use us like Ananias to bring someone to the knowledge of Christ and through that they may be transformed and saved.
Sermon preached by Rev.Fr. Emmanuel Baraka-Gukena Okami on February 6, 2022