God has created each of us with a plan for our lives. We are his
handiwork, and he longs for us to take part in the good work that he has for us
to do. In order to come alive to this plan for our lives, we often have to die to
the way we used to live. In the book of Acts, we learn of an interesting
character named Saul who is persecuting the early church. He does it with
zeal. He lives for it. But then, Saul encounters Jesus along the road to
Damascus and he is miraculously transformed. His purpose is renewed as he
no longer is hunting down Christians, but becomes a church planter and
writes the vast majority of the New Testament letters.