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An Opportunity From Opposition

Acts 20:1-3a

When the uproar had ended, Paul sent for the disciples and, after encouraging them, said goodbye and set out for Macedonia. He travelled through that area, speaking many words of encouragement to the people, and finally arrived in Greece, where he stayed three months. (NIVUK)

When opposition comes, our natural response is to fear, freeze or run away in any direction. Paul knew differently. When one door of opportunity for the gospel was closed, he always knew that the Lord would open another. The apostle's teaching over two and a half to three years in Ephesus had been fruitful. Many people in the area knew about Jesus, and the church became a group of people who loved the Lord wholeheartedly (Revelation 2:4-5). But the riot, stirred up by the silversmiths, was so focussed on Paul (Acts 19:23-41) that his presence in the city would divert the church from wo