Today we are reading Acts 20. In this chapter we read about Paul returning from his Third Missionary Journey. ”And now, behold, I am going to Jerusalem, constrained by the Spirit, not knowing what will happen to me there, except that the Holy Spirit testifies to me in every city that imprisonment and afflictions await me. But I do not account my life of any value nor as precious to myself, if only I may finish my course and the ministry that I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify to the gospel of the grace of God. And now, behold, I know that none of you among whom I have gone about proclaiming the kingdom will see my face again. Therefore I testify to you this day that I am innocent of the blood of all, for I did not shrink from declaring to you the whole counsel of God. Pay careful attention to yourselves and to all the flock, in which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to care for the church of God, which he obtained with his own blood.“ Acts 20:22-28 ESV As Paul gets closer to Jerusalem he is repeatedly warned about impending danger that waits for him. Does he turn away to avoid danger? No. He is constrained by the Holy Spirit to go to Jerusalem. Have you ever turned away from a difficult situation? If God calls you to it He will see you through it. Pastor Tim
