"Therefore, when I have performed this and have sealed to them this fruit, I shall go by way of you to Spain." (Romans 15:28)
Paul also refers to going to Spain in verse 24, "....whenever I journey to Spain." As far as I can tell, Paul never made it to Spain. Do you have any "Spains" in your life?
To what/where have you "never made it?" What is devastating for too many people are those things about which they were absolutely sure the Lord "spoke" to them, or those "words" given to them by some "prophet" which have never materialized.
Paul spoke twice in his epistle to the Romans of his plans to get to Spain. Any look at a map shows how ambitious this was. But, of course, we are talking of a man whose ambition was to literally, "go into all the world and preach the Gospel." His intent was to get to the far reaches of the Empire.
A lesson from Paul here is to take note that he never seems to bemoan the fact that he didn't make it to Spain. He obviously wanted to very much, but more than what he wanted to do was what Jesus had him do. So, you have plans? Fine. Always remember, however, that Jesus teaches us to pray, "Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth as it is in heaven." Maybe "spain" is for someone else anyway.
Father, in Jesus' Name, help me in planing and strategizing, but not in "finalizing." Amen.
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* Planning to go to DC this Wednesday, February 14
* War in Israel: jhs58.blogspot.com
Paul also refers to going to Spain in verse 24, "....whenever I journey to Spain." As far as I can tell, Paul never made it to Spain. Do you have any "Spains" in your life?
To what/where have you "never made it?" What is devastating for too many people are those things about which they were absolutely sure the Lord "spoke" to them, or those "words" given to them by some "prophet" which have never materialized.
Paul spoke twice in his epistle to the Romans of his plans to get to Spain. Any look at a map shows how ambitious this was. But, of course, we are talking of a man whose ambition was to literally, "go into all the world and preach the Gospel." His intent was to get to the far reaches of the Empire.
A lesson from Paul here is to take note that he never seems to bemoan the fact that he didn't make it to Spain. He obviously wanted to very much, but more than what he wanted to do was what Jesus had him do. So, you have plans? Fine. Always remember, however, that Jesus teaches us to pray, "Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth as it is in heaven." Maybe "spain" is for someone else anyway.
Father, in Jesus' Name, help me in planing and strategizing, but not in "finalizing." Amen.
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* Planning to go to DC this Wednesday, February 14
* War in Israel: jhs58.blogspot.com
When Peter, an 18 year old Norwegian, "heard the call to evangelize China, on that day he not only emptied his wallet into the collection plate, but included a small note with the words, 'and my life.'"
Hebrews 12:2
Hebrews 12:2
