Yielded

 

When Paul was struck down by the Lord Jesus on the road to Damascus, he first asked Who is this?  When Jesus identified Himself, Paul needed to say nothing more than, "What would you  have me do?"

Before Paul even knew the plan, the cost, or where he was being sent, he was yielded.  His first act was surrender, and his first breath as a new man is a question of obedience.  There was no bargaining or interest in self-preservation; it was the response of a person who had been undone and remade in a moment.

When I thought I was undone and maybe going to die, I surrendered too, right there in the MRI tube at the hospital.  And, I bet Paul wondered like I did. Am I going to survive this?  If I survive, Lord, what would you have me to do?  I was undone and remade to serve God with whatever the rest of my life looked like. 

God didn't give Paul an action plan for the rest of his life.  His instructions were just to go to this certain place to meet a certain person:  his first task was simple obedience.  Perhaps that's my calling as well: simple obedience.  Maybe it is to be the kind of person Christ called me to be and to write these blogs?  But who knows what He has in mind for me, ultimately? But I know the answer starts with obedience, and one day, perhaps in heaven, my calling will be revealed to me, and I pray He says, "well done.."