There are two people in this passage - Ananias and Saul. Ananias was a man obedient to the Lord. When the Lord asked him to look for Saul, lay hand on him and turn his heart around, it was a difficult thing for Ananias. Before Paul accepted the Lord, his name was Saul, and he used to go to Damascus in order to persecute Christians. Ananias was afraid, but he still obeyed God's will; he found Paul and prayed for him. We saw a great example of obedience in Ananias.
Paul, on the other, was one who knew how to humble himself before God. God taught Paul the lesson of humbleness on the way to Damascus. By our standard, Paul was a great apostle, so shouldn't his prayer always be answered and wouldn't he always hear God's voice when he sought Him? When God's light shined on him on the way to Damascus, Paul asked two questions: First, "Lord, who are you," and the second one, "Lord, what should I do?" Lord only answered the first question, and to the second question the Lord only answered: "Once you reached Damascus, someone will tell you." God, then, sent Ananias, a rather unknown small-time believer, to reveal His will to Paul. It must have been a humbling experience for Paul, because God revealed His will to Paul only through other brothers and sisters.
God can humble us through people around us, so that we know we need other brothers and sisters, and we need to live in the body of Christ. May the Spirit of God guide us to learn from one another, so that we may grow together in the church of Christ.
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