Today's Passage:  Acts 22

There are two sides of this story today, and both of them involve blindness.  Paul gives a powerful testimony about his conversion experience to help the people understand that he has been called by God to share the gospel message.  As you remember, God used physical blindness to show Saul that he was blind to the truth of the gospel...when that blind spot was removed, he was changed forever into Paul, who had taken the hope of Christ all over the known world at the time. 

Even in the middle of this powerful testimony, however, blindness makes a reappearance...not in Paul, but in the Jews of Jerusalem.  They listen intently until Paul speaks of his call to the Gentiles, and when they hear this, they respond with calls for his death.  They were convinced that God did not and could not love those who weren't a Jew, and in their blind hatred of the Gentiles they raged against this person who thought otherwise.  Only Paul's birthright as a Roman citizen saved him from persecution in this moment.

When we're blinded by something...rage, anger, hatred, bigotry, pride...it's awfully hard to see where God is leading.  Is there something in your life today that is blinding you to the plan God may have for your life?  Is today the day the scales could drop and you could see clearly?