Tek SengDr. Tan

DAILY REFLECTION

9 Dec 2025

“And I will give you a new heart, and a new spirit I will put within you. And I will remove the heart of stone from your flesh and give you a heart of flesh.”
Ezekiel 36:26

God never asks His people to fix themselves; He is the One who initiates and completes the work of transformation.

On the road to Damascus, Saul marched with fury, determined to crush the growing movement of followers of Jesus. Yet in the very place where he intended to kill hope, the living God met him with unstoppable light. The blinding light and the voice of Jesus did not merely stop his mission—they dismantled the grip of sin that had shaped his life. This was a divine re-creation: a heart of stone shattered and replaced with a heart awakened to God.

Saul’s sudden blindness was not punishment but preparation. In silence and helplessness, God gently reshaped his inner world. And when Ananias laid hands on him and the scales fell from his eyes, it was more than physical healing—it was the unveiling of grace. Paul, once a persecutor of believers, rose as a chosen apostle to proclaim the Gospel he had tried to silence.

Paul’s transformation reminds us that no heart is too hardened, no past too dark, and no zeal too misguided for the renewing power of God. Just as God fulfilled His promise in Saul’s life, He continues to take hearts of stone and make them hearts of flesh—alive, responsive, and surrendered to His purposes. Paul’s story invites us to believe that God can rewrite any life, beginning from the inside out.

Ezekiel 36:26 expresses God’s desire not just to change behavior, but to transform the very core of who we are. It is a promise of hope: no matter how hardened a heart may be, God can soften it, revive it, and make it new.

“God who began a good work in you is still shaping, renewing, and rewriting your story.“