“When the proconsul saw what had happened, he
believed, for he was amazed at the teaching about the Lord.”
Acts 13:12
In Acts chapter 13 we find God, through the hands of
Paul and the power of the Holy Spirit, both opening and closing eyes.
A false prophet and Jewish sorcerer named Elymas lost
his sight when he tried to keep his boss, a Roman Proconsul named Sergius
Paulus, from hearing what he had requested Paul and Barnabas to tell him about
after he had learned a little of what their message was.
These were the words of Paul to the sorcerer:
“You are a child of the devil and an enemy of
everything that is right! You are full of all kinds of deceit and trickery.
Will you never stop perverting the right ways of the Lord? Now the hand of the
Lord is against you. You are going to be blind, and for a time you will be
unable to see the light of the sun.”
His eyes were closed!
But the proconsul eyes were opened!
He saw what happened and believed.
When the Gospel is preached and when it is active in a
place some eyes are shut but some eyes are also opened.
Pray for open hearts, open ears and open eyes when you
share the Gospel.
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