October 23, 2016: SOAP #2516:  Job 13-14; Acts 17-18

Scripture:   Acts (NIV) 18:9 One night the Lord spoke to Paul in a vision: “Do not be afraid; keep on speaking, do not be silent.  10 For I am with you, and no-one is going to attack and harm you, because I have many people in this city.”  11 So Paul stayed for a year and a half, teaching them the word of God.

Observation:   God did not always tell Paul to go; here God told Paul to stay. Paul was to continue doing what he was doing.  Instead of moving on, like he usually did, Paul stayed a year and a half in Corinth.

Application:   Many times I remember singing: “Not what I wish to be, nor where I wish to go; For who am I that I should choose my way?  The Lord shall choose for me; tis better far I know; so, let Him bid me go or stay.”  (I could not find the author of this song titled: Submission.)

Prayer:  Lord, to do your will is my priority.  I pray you find me faithful to do your will, to go or to stay—to change what I am doing or to continue do what I am doing. Amen

Pastor Leon
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