Sometimes our path to next level includes what seem like setbacks. But they aren’t. God simply uses these tensions to propel us forward. Like an arrow pulled back against the bow. Paul’s time at Troas proved it true.

(Photo: A paved road at Troas. Courtesy of the Pictorial Library of Bible Lands)
Paul’s second missionary journey began, it seemed with two steps back. He and Silas passed through the Phrygian and Galatian region, because the Holy Spirit forbid them to share the Word in Asia. Then the Lord didn’t permit them to share in Bithynia either (Acts 16:6-7).
Strange, isn’t it? God kept them from sharing God’s Word in places that needed it.
But why?
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