‘For I am the least of the apostles, unworthy to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.’ 1 Corinthians 15:9

In my house I have an object that has an identity crisis; it is a wireless speaker. So, let me take you back a couple months.

During a lesson I had the speaker hocked up to my computer via Bluetooth. The sound just stopped. I plugged it in to charge and carried on with the lesson. After an hour when it should have been at full charge, I noticed that the charge light had not come on. After a fruitless internet search I reluctantly took it to an electronics shop, to be informed that the internal battery was no longer working and could not be replaced as it was a sealed unit. Seeing the obvious horror on my face, the shop assistant said ‘don’t worry it will still work but you will just have to use it with the charger plugged in.’

So now I have a wireless speaker, sorry a speaker that was wireless but now can only be used with a charging wire, hence the identity crisis. It still works but it kind of defeats the object of the reason it was bought, which was to be wireless. Nevertheless, I am grateful that I did not have to throw it away.

Sometimes do you feel that in order to move on you have to reinvent yourself? I imagine that the apostle Paul must have felt that way. One minute he knew exactly who he was and the purpose for his life; Christian killer.

‘As for Saul, he made havock of the church, entering into every house, and haling men and women committed them to prison.’ Acts 8:3

Then over a weekend where he had the Damascus road experience, he became a preacher, an apostle and author of thirteen books of the new testament.

‘For I am the least of the apostles, unworthy to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.’ 1 Corinthians 15:9

Just like my old speaker, God will do everything in order to save us, even reinvent us. Never think that you have gone beyond his grasp.

Mighty to save is todays music. Click on the picture to listen.