// Read: Galatians 1:11-19 //
Paul Called by God
11 I want you to know, brothers and sisters, that the gospel I preached is not of human origin. 12 I did not receive it from any man, nor was I taught it; rather, I received it by revelation from Jesus Christ.
13 For you have heard of my previous way of life in Judaism, how intensely I persecuted the church of God and tried to destroy it. 14 I was advancing in Judaism beyond many of my own age among my people and was extremely zealous for the traditions of my fathers. 15 But when God, who set me apart from my mother’s womb and called me by his grace, was pleased 16 to reveal his Son in me so that I might preach him among the Gentiles, my immediate response was not to consult any human being. 17 I did not go up to Jerusalem to see those who were apostles before I was, but I went into Arabia. Later I returned to Damascus.
18 Then after three years, I went up to Jerusalem to get acquainted with Cephas[a] and stayed with him fifteen days. 19 I saw none of the other apostles—only James, the Lord’s brother.
MEDITATION:
Divine time is also the appointed time of God for a thing. Verse 15 of today’s text says “But when it pleased God, who separated me from my mother’s womb….” this implied an appointed time. God is a master planner and He has seasons and times for things under the earth. For the next few days, we will be studying this subject matter, it is my prayer that we will be patient with God for His appointed time.
PRAYER: God, give me more understanding of your plan for my life.