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In Acts 16 it was the same. They tried to go north and the Spirit
closed the door. They tried to go south and the Spirit closed the
door. Then they got a dream to go to Macedonia and when they got
to Macedonia they found Lydia and God opened her heart. And then
a demon possessed woman came and the town came against Paul
and Silas and they met him. He didn’t send out prayer letters saying,
“Pray for me.” He said, “This is wonderful! What is God up to?”
Then they dragged him across the street and then they put him in a
dungeon and in the dungeon they were sang praises to the Lord.
Then God gave an earthquake and then the jailor said, “What must
I do to be saved?” It’s all redemptive. Therefore, it’s exciting. I
wake up excited. “What is God going to do today?” If He wants to
have missionary forgetfulness, He can have it (I have dementia).

Jesus in His first body allowed Himself to get weary and He sat
down by a well and along came the Samaritan woman. He’s now in
His new body and maybe we’ll get weary. It’s okay. It’s
redemptive. He knows where the Ethiopian is. So, off goes Philip.
He knows where the Samaritan woman is. He knows where the tax
gatherer is. He knows where Zaccheus’ tree is. He knows who is
meditating under the fig tree. He’ll take some to the athletic field
and He’ll take some to a mission field and He’ll take some to the
hospital. We need to be little children; helpless and dependent. We
need to be totally surrendered. It doesn’t matter whether it is a north
wind or south wind, as long as He is happy. The goal is that He will
reach others through us.

John 12:32&33, “’And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw
all men to Myself.’ But He was saying this to indicate the kind of
death by which He was to die.” He said, “The Greeks want to see
Me? Then I must go to the cross. I must become a grain of wheat
that must die. Then, not only Greeks will come but everybody will
come. If I’m lifted up I’ll draw all men unto Me.”

Psalm 116:15, “Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of His
godly ones.” Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of His
saints. Ezekiel 33:11, “Say to them, ‘As I live!’ declares the Lord