Spittin Some New Lyrics

MC Saul used to spit some pretty ugly lyrics.

Murderous threats. Ill intentions. Slapping down serious judgement.

“Saul was uttering threats with every breath and was eager to kill the Lord’s followers.” (Acts 9.1 NLT)

He saw people outside his tribe as a threat to the establishment.

He was fueled by hatred for the way others believed and how they lived.

But then something huge happened that changed everything…

Saul met Jesus and experienced God’s grace.

Grace changed everything.

Saul changed. He became a new man. He even changed his name to Paul.

His heart changed. He thought differently. He saw things differently. He even sounded different…

He started spittin some new lyrics.

MC Paul brought grace to the microphone.

The new man, the changed man said, “My life is worth nothing to me unless I use if for finishing the work assigned me by the Lord Jesus – the work of telling others the Good News about the wonderful grace of God.” (Acts 20.24).

Paul was now fueled by God’s vision.

He no longer saw people outside his tribe as a threat to the establishment. Rather, he saw them as God’s mission and God’s children.

Paul’s hatred had changed to love.

He received a new focus, purpose, agenda, mission from God.

That’s what grace does. It changes stuff. It changes us. Grace changes everything.

Grace causes us to love God, love people and love life.