How We Hurt Ourselves
“There is never any peace for those who resist God.” Francois Fenelon I love the dramatic conversion of Saul. While walking on a street in Damascus, a light from heaven flashed and blinded him. Saul fell to the ground and heard a voice say, “Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me? It is hard for you to kick against the goads” (Acts 26:14b). Kicking against the goads is a way to express the uselessness of resistance, because the ox ends up hurting himself more. The oxgoad is a lo