Faith Journey

Acts 25:13-27

The most powerful men of all Judea have assembled by order of the King. A tuxedo affair. The theater room has had its royal cleaning the day before. All the fanfare deserved for a King erupts with absolute perfection. The trumpets sound and the doors open as King Agrippa with his wife in hand enter the room. They are escorted to the best seats in the house.

Who will be entertaining this elite audience? Acrobats from Spain? An Italian Singer? An introduction is made and the entertainer makes an entrance.

It’s the Apostle Paul.

“You have permission to speak”, is King Agrippa’s only request.

On one hand you have forty Jewish leaders that have vowed not to eat until they have killed Paul and on the other is the Lord’s plan for Paul to speak to Caesar in Rome.

A screen writer could not have set it up any better. We see how Paul's friends are begging him not to go on to Jerusalem. A Prophet named Agabus begs the same. Yet Paul is urged by the Lord to proceed. When Paul arrives in Jerusalem, the danger that his friends talked about came about and he is arrested and the death sentence is what the Jews want.

In all of this you begin to see how God has a specific plan for Paul. “You will testify my name in Rome”. In all unlikelihood of a prisoner making an appearance before Caesar, God begins to set up divine appointments with the authorities. And today he stands before the ultimate audience of Judea.

Can you see the picture?

What's My Point: As with Paul, God's story is unraveling in your life. What story? What’s the likelihood of a God story in my life? Just as Paul was welcomed onto the King’s stage, God is in process of giving you yours. God desires to unravel his story in your life. How will it happen? Always trust God, love him and follow him.

Now let His story begin.