Paul's Macedonian Moment, Paul's response in the Macedonian Jail a great lesson for crises
Paul’s second missionary journey was unique in many ways. Paul began his journey from Antioch along with Silas. He went through Derbe and Timothy joined him at Lystra. They together journeyed through Phrygia and Galatia. The Holy Spirit forbid them to speak a word in Asia. They came to Mysia and attempted to go to Bithynia but the Spirit would not let them be. So they reached Troas and camped there. In the night Paul had a vision. A man of Macedonia was standing there urging him to come to Macedonia and help. Vision was a confirmation for Paul. From Troas, Paul and team set sail to Samothrace, Neapolis and finally to Philippi, a Macedonian city named after the father of Alexander the great. How an arduous journey from Antioch to Macedonia it would have been? Why did the Holy Spirit insist them to go to Macedonia? A great agenda did not greet them in Macedonia. On the Sabbath day they went to the riverside to a place of prayer where they met Lydia who was a seller of pu...