today's other readings are Psalm 117 and John 6: 52-59
I am not good enough. I am not holy enough. My past is too sin-filled. I am too busy ...
Those are some of the many excuses said about why one cannot commit oneself to follow the Lord.
Saul had some excellent excuses to try to refuse the call from the Lord. Like his fervent persecution of the early church, and his arrest of many Christians.
But God had plans for him. And as we know, He would soon be renamed Paul, and become the Apostle to the Gentiles.
A couple of takeaways:
First, God has plans for every single one of us. EVERY one of us.
Second, no excuse is good enough to refuse that call to follow Him.