What Would You Have Me to Do?

Acts 9:3-6 (NKJV)
As he journeyed he came near Damascus, and suddenly a light shone around him from heaven. 4 Then he fell to the ground, and heard a voice saying to him, “Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting Me?” 5 And he said, “Who are You, Lord?” Then the Lord said, “I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting.[a] It is hard for you to kick against the goads.” 6 So he, trembling and astonished, said, “Lord, what do You want me to do?” Then the Lord said to him, “Arise and go into the city, and you will be told what you must do.”

Saul had thought, had truly believed, he was doing the right thing in persecuting the Christians. In fact, we read in Acts 7 where Saul was there when Stephen was stoned to death.

Acts 9: 1-2 tells us
Then Saul, still breathing threats and murder against the disciples of the Lord, went to the high priest 2 and asked letters from him to the synagogues of Damascus, so that if he found any who were of the Way, whether men or women, he might bring them bound to Jerusalem.

Saul was on his way to find people who were of the “Way”. But God interrupted his journey and spoke to him.

Let’s ask ourselves this question today. God, what would you have me to do?

I think most times we get bogged down with asking God what He would have us to do in the big picture, i.e. careers, maybe who we should marry, our gifting, how we can serve Him. But I submit to you that we should ask God what He would have us to do in every situation, every area. We need to position ourselves every day to be able to be used by God. We do that by asking God what He would have us to do. For instance, on my walk during lunch, has God prepared someone for me to talk to? On my trip to the mall, has God prepared someone for me to help? Does the cashier need an encouraging word?

A friend, Pat, has shared with me times when God used her. One time she was walking out of a store and the Lord spoke to her to pray for the lady outside from the top of her head to the soles of her feet. Pat was obedient and asked the lady if she could pray for her. After Pat prayed for her, the lady was deeply touched and told Pat that she just said to herself that she was hurting from the top of her head to the soles of her feet. Wow!

There are people all around us that need us to be the hands and feet of Jesus. Are we positioning ourselves to do that by asking God what He would have us do?

In Saul’s situation, he asked God and God responded. In our lives when we ask God what He would have us to do, we need to be fully prepared to say “yes God”, I will do as You have said.

Let’s pray. Father, thank You for Your hand on our lives. We ask what would You have us to do today. Is there someone You have prepared for us to speak to? Is there someone You have prepared to cross our path? Help us to hear Your voice, feel Your nudges, to go in the direction You are leading. We want to be Your hands and feet to the world around us. Thank you Father for using us.

Blessings,