The Vision Of The Man In Macedonia

Acts 16:10

"And after he had seen the vision, immediately we endeavoured 

to go into Macedonia, assuredly gathering that the Lord

 had called us for to preach the gospel unto them." 

   For a time all doors seemed shut to Paul. It must have seemed strange to him that he was barred from the Roman province of Asia by the Holy Spirit; which contained Ephesus and all the recipients of the letters to the seven churches in the book of the Revelation. Bithynia, too, was shut to him. How did the Holy Spirit send his message to Paul? It may have been by the word of a prophet; it may have been by a vision; it may have been by some inner and inescapable conviction. But there is the possibility that what kept Paul from journeying into these provinces was ill-health, "the consequence of that thorn in his flesh."
   What makes that quite likely is that in Act. 16:10, suddenly and without warning, there emerges a "we" passage. The story begins to be told not in the third person but in the first person. That tells us that Luke was there, an eye-witness and a companion of Paul. Why should he so suddenly emerge on the scene? Luke was a doctor. What is more likely than that, he met Paul then because Paul needed his professional services, having fallen ill and so being barred from making the journeys he would like to make? If this is so, it is suggestive to reflect that Paul took even his weakness and his pain as a messenger from God. 
   My Friends, It was the sight of a man from Macedonia which finally gave Paul his guidance. Who was this man Paul saw in the vision? Some think it was Luke himself, for Luke may have been a Macedonian. However, I believe that we must never question God on what He calls us to do in a vision or by His voice. 
Amen!

Reading: Acts: 16:5-10
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May God Bless You

And Your Family

Minister Robert A. Lail Sr.

The Cross Life Ministry