DCLM Daily Manna 1 March 2025 — The Road To Damascus
DCLM Daily Manna 1 March 2025 Devotional by Pastor W. F. Kumuyi — The Road To Damascus
TOPIC: The Road To Damascus (DCLM Daily Manna 1 March 2025)
KEY VERSE: “And he said, Who art thou, Lord? And the Lord said, I am Jesus whom thou persecutest: it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks” (Acts 9:5).
TEXT: Acts 9:1-9 (KJV)
1 And Saul, yet breathing out threatenings and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord, went unto the high priest,
2 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.
3 And as he journeyed, he came near Damascus: and suddenly there shined round about him a light from heaven:
4 And he fell to the earth, and heard a voice saying unto him, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?
5 And he said, Who art thou, Lord? And the Lord said, I am Jesus whom thou persecutest: it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks.
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.
7 And the men which journeyed with him stood speechless, hearing a voice, but seeing no man.
8 And Saul arose from the earth; and when his eyes were opened, he saw no man: but they led him by the hand, and brought him into Damascus.
9 And he was three days without sight, and neither did eat nor drink.
DCLM Daily Manna For Today MESSAGE:
The Road to Damascus was associated with the most dramatic conversion story in the Bible. It was about Saul of Tarsus, who embarked on a mission to Damascus to arrest and imprison Christians who had fled from Jerusalem to Damascus, following the persecution that attended the stoning of Stephen. On the way, Saul encountered Christ, surrendered to Him, and became a Christian. This classic story has inspired the theme of scientific fiction, music, films, and novels. Notable among them is the 1952 novel titled, Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison, where a character commented thus: You start as Saul and end up Paul. In widespread usage, Saul’s experience on the road to Damascus has become a metaphor for a sudden or radical change of heart or purpose. As Christians, we can deduce several moral or scriptural lessons from Saul’s conversion.
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The manner of his arrest shows that Christ is always interested in the protection of His people (Acts 9:5; Matthew 10:40; Luke 10:16). It took a personal encounter with Christ for Saul to get converted. This unique encounter humbled Saul to the point that he lost all his pride and arrogance. The Apostle John had a similar experience on the Island of Patmos (Revelation 1:17). Like Saul, every child of God was once zealously serving the flesh and Satan before conversion when the Lord met us on our own ‘Road to Damascus’. The conversion of Mosab Hassan Yousef, now called Joseph, in the book titled Son of Hamas, published by Tyndale, England, in 2010, shows that God is still transforming lives in Saul’s kind of dramatic fashion. This all indicates that no one is beyond God’s reach or redemption.
God loves sinners but hates their sins. He met Saul on the way to Damascus and transformed him into a chosen vessel and an apostle to the Gentiles, “Who was before a blasphemer, and a persecutor, and injurious…” (1 Timothy 1:13). So, we should never give up on any sinner, no matter how seemingly far from God. Christ is the Lord of the work, and He has promised to be with us even unto the end of the world.
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
Every sinner is a potential saint.
THE BIBLE IN ONE YEAR
Leviticus 8-11
Deeper Life Daily Manna For Today 2025 was written by Pastor W. F. Kumuyi; is the founder and General Superintendent of the Deeper Life Bible Church situated at KM 42 on the busy Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, Nigeria.
1. Admit that you are a sinner. "For all [humans] have sinned, and comes short of the glory of God....[and] the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord" (Romans 3:23)
2. Repent now. "Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out ...[for] if we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness " (Acts 3:19, 1 John 1:9)
3. Believe that God loves you and Jesus died for you. "God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet Sinners, Christ died for us" (Romans 5:8)
4. Invite Jesus into your life through prayer of faith. Jesus says, "Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me" (Revelation 3:20)
