"The periods of seclusion Saul went through in his life got increasingly long. First, he was secluded for three days in Damascus after his conversion. Then, he went to Arabia for three years, cut off from the life of the church. And then he spent what appears to be a seven-year period (the Bible does not say exactly) in Tarsus before being summoned by Barnabas to come to Antioch (Acts 11: 25).
We often think that the apostle Paul was converted on the Damascus road and started writing epistles and planting churches the next day. But it didn't work that way. God had to set Paul apart three times to give him the knowledge and wisdom he needed to be an apostle. Don't be impatient. Let God do the deep work in your life that is needed in order for you to be a useful tool in His hand."
p. 110, Aftershocks of Conversion, The Church in Action (Volume 2) by David Jeremiah.
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