{"id":5846,"date":"2015-08-27T10:57:30","date_gmt":"2015-08-27T10:57:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/faithprescription.com\/?p=5846"},"modified":"2015-08-27T10:57:30","modified_gmt":"2015-08-27T10:57:30","slug":"enablement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/faithprescription.com\/?p=5846","title":{"rendered":"ENABLEMENT"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>FAITH CAPSULE: <\/strong><em>Saul the persecutor became Paul the apostle.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Acts 9:1-22<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The conversion from Saul to Paul was the enablement of the Lord Jesus Christ. Paul testified to this in <strong><em>1Timothy1:12, \u201cAnd I thank Christ Jesus our Lord who has enabled me, because He counted me faithful, putting me into the ministry.\u201d <\/em><\/strong>Before Paul was counted faithful by Jesus there was enablement in place. Paul\u2019s enablement took place when Jesus\u2019 name sounded in his direction. <strong><em>Acts 9:4-6, \u201cThen he fell to the ground, and heard a voice saying to him, \u201cSaul, Saul, why are you persecuting Me?\u201d And he said, \u201cWho are You, Lord?\u201d Then the Lord said, \u201cI am Jesus, whom you are persecuting. It is hard for you to kick against the goads.\u201d So he, trembling and astonished, said, \u201cLord, what do You want me to do?\u201d Then the Lord said to him, \u201cArise and go into the city, and you will be told what you must do.\u201d <\/em><\/strong>Saul was an established persecutor and a hard hearted man that wanted to deny the mission of the Lord Jesus by all possible means. Saul heard the voice of Jesus, but he questioned the voice. At the sound of the name of Jesus, Saul questioned the name of Jesus but he did not have the power to resist. Saul was also astonished because the name was not for him to resist. \u201c<strong><em>It is written, at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of those in heaven, and of those on earth, and of those under the earth. (Philippians 2:10).<br \/>\n<\/em><\/strong>Saul went beyond just bowing. He trembled with reverence and awe, and he was filled with astonishment. Only God alone knows what the future holds for us. God wanted to use Saul, but Saul wanted to depend on himself. Saul needed to begin to see where the Lord wanted him to see from. As a result, he lost his sight for three days and could not eat or drink for three days. Having lost his sight, God gave him a new sight that leads him into a new direction and a new purpose in life. Saul received a new direction to the center of his divine assignment. All this happened on his way to Damascus in an attempt to disable the ministry of the Lord Jesus Christ. Saul was disabled from answering Saul and became enabled to be answering Paul. In the life time of a man, nothing could be compared like serving in the center of God\u2019s divine assignment for every man. At the name of Jesus, Saul the persecutor became Paul the apostle. Irresistible<\/p>\n<p><strong>Prayer for today:<\/strong><em> Ask God to sound His name in your direction. He is a faithful God.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FAITH CAPSULE: Saul the persecutor became Paul the apostle. Acts 9:1-22 &nbsp; The conversion from Saul to Paul was the enablement of the Lord Jesus Christ. Paul testified to this in 1Timothy1:12, \u201cAnd I thank Christ Jesus our Lord who has enabled me, because He counted me faithful, putting me into the ministry.\u201d Before Paul &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/faithprescription.com\/?p=5846\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">ENABLEMENT<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5846","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-devotions"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/faithprescription.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5846","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/faithprescription.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/faithprescription.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faithprescription.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faithprescription.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5846"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/faithprescription.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5846\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5847,"href":"https:\/\/faithprescription.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5846\/revisions\/5847"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/faithprescription.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5846"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faithprescription.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5846"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faithprescription.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5846"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}