New Song

April 24

(Acts 9:20-21 NIV) “At once he (Saul) began to preach in the synagogues that Jesus is the Son of God. {21} All those who heard him were astonished…”

(1 Samuel 10:6 NIV) "The Spirit of the Lord will come upon you in power, and you will prophesy with them; and you will be changed into a different person."

(Psalms 40:3 NIV) "He put a new song in my mouth, a hymn of praise to our God. Many will see and fear and put their trust in the Lord."

After Saul was healed of his blindness, he immediately began to preach that Jesus is Lord. He had been changed into a different person. God had put a new song in his mouth. People were astonished that this man, who had once arrested Christians as heretics, was now preaching Jesus in synagogues. He sang his new song anywhere people would listen. He had a passion you don’t get from reading books about God. Saul’s main message in the beginning was his conversion story. He repeated it over and over again to groups and to individuals. He was awestruck at the mercy of God in the face of his sin. Saul preached Jesus with a fervor that could only come from meeting the Lord personally. It doesn’t take a seminary degree to preach Jesus -- all it takes is a conversion. Have you been changed by Jesus? Then you have a message. Preach it! -- Friar Tuck’s Word of the Day