Stop
Saul kept on threatening to kill the Lord's followers. He even went to the high priest and asked for letters to the Jewish leaders in Damascus. He did this because he wanted to arrest and take to Jerusalem any man or woman who had accepted the Lord's Way. When Saul had almost reached Damascus, a bright light from heaven suddenly flashed around him. He fell to the ground and heard a voice that said, "Saul! Saul! Why are you so cruel to me?"
"Who are you?" Saul asked.
"I am Jesus," the Lord answered. "I am the one you are so cruel to. Now get up and go into the city, where you will be told what to do."
The men with Saul stood there speechless. They had heard the voice, but they had not seen anyone. Saul got up from the ground, and when he opened his eyes, he could not see a thing. Someone then led him by the hand to Damascus, and for three days he was blind and did not eat or drink.
Acts 9: 1-9 [CEV]
Sometimes God intervenes in a person's life to make them stop and evaluate who they are, what they are doing and where they are going. Even if your experience isn't as dramatic as the Damascus Road experience of Paul in the passage above, there is benefit in taking a few hours or a few days to get off the treadmill of your routine and turn off the "autopilot" of to-do lists, meetings and routine schedules to take stock of your Christian walk.
Can you take time in the run up to Advent and Christmas to stop and meditate on your life?
If God is going to reveal a significant item that needs to change, that should be good news not bad.
Lord, help me to take time to stop what I am doing. Time to think, pray and take the advice of those we consider wise. In Jesus name, Amen.
Dave MacLellan
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