God Can Use You Too

Before he was Paul, he was Saul, and he hunted down followers of Jesus, approved of Stephen's murder, and dragged believers from their homes to prison. If you had asked anyone in the early church who God would never use, they likely would have pointed straight toward him. But on a road to Damascus, a blinding light stopped Saul in his tracks, and the voice of the very Jesus he was persecuting called his name. That encounter didn't erase his past — it redirected it. The man who once tried to destroy the church became the one who planted it across the world. He also wrote much of the New Testament and gave his life proclaiming the gospel he once tried to destroy. God didn't wait for Saul to clean himself up first — He chose him in the middle of his worst chapter. So whatever you've done, whoever you've hurt, however far you think you've wandered from God, He can still use you. He has always specialized in choosing flawed people to do what only He could get the glory for. If He could use Saul, He can use you.

1 Timothy 1:15-16 — "Here is a trustworthy saying that deserves full acceptance: Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am the worst. But for that very reason I was shown mercy so that in me, the worst of sinners, Christ Jesus might display his immense patience as an example for those who would believe in him and receive eternal life."