“And the Lord said unto him, Arise, and go into the street which is called Straight, and enquire in the house of Judas for one called Saul, of Tarsus: for, behold, he prayeth, and hath seen in a vision a man named Ananias coming in, and putting his hand on him, that he might receive his sight.”
Acts 9:11-12. KJV
As the straightest street in Damascus, now known as Midhat Pasha Souq, this is the main thoroughfare. Damascus is the oldest continually inhabited city in the world, around 300 km northeast of Jerusalem. The conversion of Saul the legalistic to Paul the grace preacher has a significant lesson for us. We can be amazingly wrong while thinking we’re doing right! The Holy Spirit awakens our hearts to feast on Christ, our Righteousness. Religion has a deafening effect on our hearts. Like Saul, we have to fall off our high horse and bite the dust before our blinded eyes can see. Ananias which means, “the Lord’s gracious gift”, truly was the Lord’s gracious gift to Paul, who was healed by God’s gracious gift, as the Lord asks Ananias to live up to his name. May the Lord make our home the house of praise (Judas) on the straight and narrow path, to reveal Jesus our Lord to this dying and perishing world. Amen!
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