The Day Purpose Changed Directions

How God Turns Relentless Passion into Holy Purpose

Acts 9:6 And he trembling and astonished said, Lord, what wilt thou have me to do? And the Lord said unto him, Arise, and go into the city, and it shall be told thee what thou must do.

Unbridled Purpose

For context, Paul (then Saul) is already a man of an iron will. He is not drifting. He is determined. He wakes each day with purpose, armed with conviction, marching toward Damascus convinced he is serving God. His energy is fierce, disciplined, relentless. He is the kind of man who finishes what he starts. The tragedy—and the tension—is that his strength is aimed in the wrong direction.

“Lord, what wilt thou have me to do?”

This is the turning point of history for Paul. Notice what he does not ask:

• He does not defend himself.
• He does not explain his intentions.
• He does not ask for clarity about the future.

He Asks For Orders

The same determination that once hunted believers now bows its knee. His will does not disappear—it is recruited. God does not destroy Paul’s fire; He redirects it. The persecutor becomes the preacher. The man who dragged saints to prison will one day walk willingly into chains for Christ.

Paul is called to move: to rise, to enter, to listen. The triad (arise, go, listen) reframes action as receptivity. The conversion is not a static conversion of belief alone but a dynamic reorientation of purpose. Now, the same fire that made him a relentless persecutor is now refined into a relentless passion for the Gospel. He trades his comfort, his reputation, and his safety for a new mission. He went from hunting Christians to "being all things to all men, that I might by all means save some.”

The Ultimate Re-Casting

When you embrace your own calling, asking, "Lord, what wilt thou have me to do?" You open yourself to a life filled with meaning and challenges that shape you into who you are meant to be. Paul’s unwavering commitment becomes an encouraging reminder that, when empowered by faith, you can rise above your pasts. The most powerful journeys often begin with the most unexpected surrenders – where you stop asking "What do I want?" and start asking, "Lord, what do you want me to do?".

If you would like to know how you too can fulfil your calling reach out and drop a line, leave a message and someone can show you from the scriptures, how you can live a bible believers passion filled life for the Lord, today, right now.

The Eternal Perspective of the Born Again Believer

New Life, New Direction, New Vision

Colossians 3:1 If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God.

The Resurrection Connection

"If ye then be risen with Christ," refers to more than a historical event of the empty tomb. It speaks to a spiritual resurrection, your acceptance and belief of the death, burial and resurrection of Jesus Christ- the believer's identification with Christ's death, burial, and resurrection through faith. This means:

• You have been spiritually reborn
• You have died to your old self
• Your identity is now in Christ

The apostle Paul is urging believers who have been “risen with Christ”—that is, Christ in you and you in Christ—to have a consistent view of eternity. As believers, we are no longer bound by our old sinful nature, but have been given new life in Christ.

Waiting in the Redemption of Our Bodies

While we await the full redemption of our bodies, we labour and patiently wait:

• Hopeful anticipation fuels eager optimism; we look forward to the day when “the mortal shall put on immortality” (1 Cor 15:53)

In summary, now that we are risen with Christ, we must be heavenly minded seeking heavenly things and wait expectantly for the day when our bodies share in His glory.

Call of Duty: Rescue the Perishing

The Call

The church of Jesus Christ is the multitude of all those who believe in Christ for the remission of sins, and who are thankful for that mercy and who love the law of God purely, and who hate the sin in this world and long for the life to come (William Tyndale: The Obedience of a Christian Man (1528)).

The Duty

Rescue the perishing, duty demands it—strength for your labor the Lord will provide;

back to the narrow way patiently win them, tell the poor wand'rer a Savior has died.

1 Corinthians 15:3 For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures;
4 And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures:

The church of God is characterized by its hatred for sin and waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body while earnestly contending for the faith. This calling to submit to God's will includes a mandate to rescue those who are perishing, as duty and compassion demand.

The core message, you who are wandering without Christ, being aliens, there  is one of hope and redemption: a Savior, the blessed and only Potentate, the King of kings, and the Lord of lords; Jesus Christ has died for their sins, according to the scriptures, rose again according to the scriptures and through faith in Him, you can have forgiveness and eternal life. 

The Mission

This mission to rescue the perishing is both a duty and a privilege, made feasible through the grace and strength supplied by Jesus Christ.

The church is a called out assembly of believers who are intrinsically linked to the great commission to preach the glorious gospel that saves sinners. The gratitude and love that characterizes the church should naturally lead to a desire to spread the message of salvation with others.

• The longing for eternal life should inspire a sense of urgency in reaching out to those who are lost, reminding them that "a Savior has died" for their sins.

In essence, the church's mission is not just about personal salvation but about extending that grace to others…while we were yet sinners Christ died for us. This dual focus on soul winning and fellowship creates a holistic understanding of what it means to be part of the body of Jesus Christ.