Spirit Steering
“Now after he had seen the vision, immediately we sought to go to Macedonia, concluding that the Lord had called us to preach the gospel to them.” Acts 16:10 NKJV http://bible.com/114/act.16.10.nkjv The principle of divine influence in the steering of the will of man is clearly demonstrated in the call to Macedonia. Within a single day, there were developing sensitivity to consecutive experiences of "Not Approved", "Not Permitted", or "Not Released". Human will is naturally weak in handling these types of disappointing experiences. A change of guard on the steering of life from natural to spiritual requires a significant amount of sensitivity, especially when the devil and his agents are nevertheless prepared to unseat the unwary man. Paul and his team gradually learned obedience to the series of Spirit's disapproval in order to appreciate the Spirit's leading to preach the gospel in Macedonia. Sensitivity to the Spirit's caution ...