05/22/2026
Throughout history some of the greatest enemies of Christianity have become some of its most powerful spokespersons. Like Saul of Tarsus — breathing murderous threats against the early church, holding coats at Stephen’s stoning, dragging believers to prison. But the early Christians didn’t just fear or resent him. They prayed. And God did what only God does. He knocked Saul off his horse and turned the fiercest persecutor into the Apostle Paul — the man who wrote half the New Testament and helped spread the faith across the Roman world.
This isn’t a one-off miracle. It’s a recurring cosmic comedy. C.S. Lewis, the reluctant atheist who mocked Christianity as a myth, ended up writing Mere Christianity and Narnia. Augustine, Lee Strobel, Francis Collins — brilliant minds who came in swinging against the faith, only to encounter the risen Christ and flip the script.
My wife and I read a powerful reminder of this during our devotional this morning.
"None of our enemies are beyond God's reach, and prayer keeps them within His grasp."
So when you see the loudest opponents online or in your life, don’t just retreat or rage. Pray. That vehement energy they’re pouring out? It’s often misdirected fire that God loves to redirect into something glorious. The same God who forges iron in the hearts of exploding stars delights in forging saints out of former enemies.
