“And now what are you waiting for? Get up, be baptized and wash your sins away, calling on his name.” (Acts 22:16)
Here in Acts, Paul is recounting his conversion.
He is literally blinded by the light when the Lord questions his practice of persecution.
After Ananias restores Paul’s sight, he tells him he will be a witness to what he has seen and heard to all people.
He was blind one minute and the next he is confronted with, “And now what are you waiting for?”
If you have been restored by God, you too are to be a witness to what you have seen and heard.
His light has impacted you too.
It has caused you to see the sin you were blind to in your life.
Now you must go and tell those you encounter along life’s path what has happened; who you were, how you met God, and how He has changed your life.
Our purpose as Christians can get clouded or complicated as a result of being steeped in our Christian culture. We can get weighed down with all of what we think we should do in order to be a good Christian.
The beautiful simplicity of our purpose is this:
Go tell others about your Jesus.
We do a lot of things, many are good. Don’t miss the one call on your life that is universal for believers. Share Christ.
And just as Ananias asked Paul…“And now what are you waiting for?”
