TEXT: [13] Then Paul answered, “What are you doing, weeping and breaking my heart? For I am ready not only to be imprisoned but even to die in Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.” [14] And since he would not be persuaded, we ceased and said, “Let the will of the Lord be done.”
(Acts 21:13-14 ESV)
COMMENTARY: The Lord's will is not always that we avert adversity or danger. Sometimes foreknowledge of this opposition can be a test of our resolve to follow our Commander. Will we follow Jesus unto death? Paul was ready to, and he showed the rest of the church by his example that he was not preaching for gain, but rather he was "constrained" by the love of Christ to give his life. May this be our resolve also. Let us not be so foolish as to suppose that God's will is determined by "open or closed" doors. Let us be so confident in the sanctified desires of our hearts that we will "pound" on the door until it opens.
