Friday... Just another day.

Acts 14:1a (NLT), "The same thing happened in Iconium."

Friday... Just another day.

Now I am a routine kind of guy. At my age that is the way I remember. I find that to be a very affective way to live. So as my alarm goes off at the same time then I get up and can say, "Just another day." I'm excited and I'm ready. Now there is variety in there but also monotony. But I don't mind that. I'm excited for another day of opportunity to live.

But for some there are major difficulties. That was true of Paul and Barnabas over in the book of Acts. At the end of chapter 13 they were in Antioch of Pisidia, sharing the Good News of Christ and many were coming to accept what they were sharing but others incited a mob against them and ran then out of town. Verse 51 says, "So they shook off the dust from their feet as a sign of rejection and went to the town of Iconiam and chapter 15:1a says, "The same thing happened in Iconium." So what did they do?

Now verse 1 continues, "Paul and Barnabus went to the Jewish synagogue and preached with such power that a great number of both Jews and Greeks became believers." Verse 2, "Some of the Jews, however, spurned God's message and poisoned the minds of the Gentiles against Paul and Barnabas."

But this time they didn't shake off the dust. Yes, they did leave Antioch but they came back. That was the first place that believers were called Christians. No they didn't leave Iconium. Verses 3 says, "But the apostles stayed there a long time, preaching boldly about the grace of the Lord. And the Lord proved their message was true by giving them power to do miraculous signs and wonders." Yes, there still was division but they stayed.

God has a plan for our life. Sometime we leave when difficulties happen but sometime we stay and He uses them. What is important is that circumstances aren't what directs us but God does. Let him lead your life! Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning

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