But Lord, “exclaimed Ananias, “I’ve heard many people talk about the terrible things this man has done to the believers in Jerusalem !
Acts: 9:13
When God told Ananias to go pray for Saul, Ananias didn’t want to go.
Saul was the biggest persecutor of the church.
But Ananias didn’t know that Saul’s life had been changed on the road to Damascus.
He was worried and started telling God all the reasons why he shouldn’t go.
He didn’t realize that God had already taken care of what worried him.
When he went and prayed for Saul, instead of finding an enemy, he found an ally.
Some of the things we worry about, God has already changed.
He’s already set the miracle into motion.
It’s just a matter of time before you experience it.
Stay in peace, and as Ananias did, you’ll come into what God has already done.
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