One of the God billboards from the 1990’s asked in bold black and white, “Will the road you are on take you by my place? -- God” Good question. If we stay on the road we are traveling, where will we end up? If we do what we plan to do today, will we be going God’s way?
“All roads lead to Rome.” In the ancient world, so many of the major thoroughfares found their way to the capital city of the Empire. Paul himself was about to head to Rome. The roads were impressive to behold and travel. Melanie and I once walked on the basalt stones of the Appian way which he traveled to enter the city.
In his audience with the powerful political leaders, Paul told King Agrippa about his journey toward Damascus where he had intended to persecute Christians. Instead of arresting Christ’s followers, Paul found himself arrested by Christ. A light brighter than the sun and a voice in his own language stopped him in his tracks, asking him, “Why do you persecute me?” Paul asked, “Who are you, Lord?” The voice answered, “I am Jesus whom you are persecuting.”
Imagine the brightest light you have ever seen, literally blinding you. Imagine a voice in your own language revealing that you have been fighting against the Lord. We can either live our lives for Jesus or against Jesus, but we cannot do both. We are going somewhere today. Why not go with God? He knows the way home.
