It was on the dusty Damascus road. This is most encouraging. Moses, when he met God, took off his shoes. When knocked to the ground he looked up and saw God. Our world and our times need men like Moses and Saul who have been turned right side up.
Changed individuals produce a changed church.
The conversion of one person may lead to many conversions. But a church that faces inward cannot change the world. As long as Israel remained in Egypt it could not fulfill its world mission. As long as the church remained in Jerusalem it could not win the world to Christ. There must be a turning from self, a turning toward others who need Him.