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Acts 23:11, KJV
"And the night following the Lord stood by him, and said, Be of good cheer, Paul: for as thou hast testified of me in Jerusalem, so must thou bear witness also at Rome."
God will help you to eat the meat of He that sent you and to finish it all. God once told Paul to be comforted and that he must need bear witness of Him at Rome also. Was God just taking Paul through some road trips or adventures just for the sake of it? No! God was doing all these so that avenues might be provided for Paul to fulfill his predestination as proclaimed by God Himself of Paul earlier at his new birth. He has preached in Jerusalem but he must sure see Rome also. May doors and entrances not be shut at you. May God keep trusting you with new missions and assignments.
God, speaking to Ananias says, "go your way, for he is a chosen vessel unto me, to bear my name before the Gentiles, and kings, and the children of Israel: For I'll show him how great things he must suffer for my name's sake" (Acts 9:15-16).
So, as Paul is being moved from one place to the other (like a hardened criminal), it was an avenue for him to witness even to those nobles and elites that were included in his calling. One of the groups Paul was sent to minister to and convert are the elites of the society. That's signified by the use of the word, "kings" in God's revealing of Paul's mandate to Ananias. God might have done this or given him such assignment because he's as well a reasonable sound man who's well educated. I believe God leveraged his education as a lawyer, Pharisee and one with strong aptitude for learning to penetrate, debate and withstand the elites. There's a lesson to learn here. The vessels God send to certain societies or people are usually refined or prepared to meet the need of that society. Peter might however have not been readily able to debate or take on the elites like Paul does notably in the book of Acts. Paul is so effective with this platform of ministering to kings that Felix trembled when he heard Paul concerning the faith in Christ, reasoning of righteousness, temperance and judgement to come (Acts 24:24-25). You see, he was discharging why God was transporting him all around before kings and nobles.
One time, Festus also told him, "Paul, you're beside yourself. Much learning has made you mad" (Acts 26:24-25). King Agrippa also noted that Paul attempted persuading him to become a Christian (Acts 26:25-29). All these confirm my earlier arguments of Paul being very effective with elites. Paul finds it easier ministering and persuading the elites because he is one like them who was sent to them. God specially gave him open doors to be brought before many of such elites. Be it Festus, King Agrippa, Bernice, Felix, Drusilla etc.
So, when God said to Paul that he must witness of Him also in Rome, it's beyond seeing the world and feeding one's cravings but that his mandate might be lived and achieved. Do you really know the intent of God for travelling you abroad? Why would God open doors of business to you in multiple countries where you could contact certain cream of the society? Or, why do you work as an air hostess/pilot contacting such elites? You need to decipher that and stop wasting your God given ministry door opened to get some people born again. You can enjoy the affluence but do give God the influence. Paul's being transferred here and there is rather to make him eat the meat of He that sent him and to finish it. God was using his imprisonment to give him platforms to speak to those who are difficult to gain their hearing. If you're a government worker on transfer, that may be same for you. See correctly. God just don't make people see different places and contact diverse people without an intent to bring ministry and the gospel to them. Paul has seen Jerusalem but there's still an assignment waiting for him. For this reason, he must see Rome also. Doing this, he'll eat and finish successfully the meat of He that apprehended him.
PRAYER: Show me the next phase, propel me into the next phase and let me live it all.
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Acts 24:1-27 & Psalms 1-6
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