The first few chapters of the Galatian letter remind me that Paul cut his spiritual teeth on the writings of Hebrew scripture. He probably spent his life committing God’s word to memory. God used the efforts of young Saul to shape the ministry of older Paul to teach and build up the young church of the first century. We could even say that Paul’s training has been a useful discipleship training instrument for the church for 20 centuries. It is amazing how God can take our best human efforts, which are pitifully poor when compared to the power of the almighty, and give them eternal significance. We may never know if our efforts lead to anything more than hard work for us, but if God set up the apostle Paul as an example for us to follow then we should always remember the power of God working through the words of a first century tent-maker and Pharisee.
Stuart
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