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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.”