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Day 313 or November the 9th. Make haste slowly.

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Our thoughts today are rooted in Acts chapter

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21 verse 13. Then Paul answered, Why are you

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weeping and breaking my heart? I am ready not

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only to be bound, but also to die in Jerusalem

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for the name of the Lord Jesus. And now the big

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picture surrounding this verse. Despite the pleading

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of many of his friends and fellow believers,

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Paul resolutely heads for Jerusalem, where he

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is arrested and tried by Governor Felix. He is

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kept in prison for two whole years, but never

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subjected to a proper trial. It seems Felix was

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trying to please the Jews whilst at the same

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time regularly conversing with Paul and hoping

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for a bribe from him. which may have aided his

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release. And now today's action step. There have

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been many times in my life when I have come across

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people who are so convinced of the future action

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required in their own lives that nothing and

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no one will shake them. I honestly don't remember

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experiencing many times like that, but looking

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back, there have been some. The rule for me is

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questioning and stepping out gingerly. There

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are many examples in the Bible of God's leaders

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being firm and decisive in their service, but

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I am convinced that these are shining beacons

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in lives that are otherwise the same as ours.

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Paul is certain in our verse today, but whatever

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happens to him, he is a character who moves on,

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and when God makes it clear to him to change

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direction, he does so, and then continues moving

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on. His secret was to keep moving, sometimes

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fast and sometimes slow, but he kept on progressing

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with God's hand, gently guiding him when required.

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If you are grappling with something in your life

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about which you are unsure, please don't think

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you're the only one. Most of us are in this situation

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most of our lives. Don't wallow in inactivity,

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but trustingly move on irrespective of speed

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or lack of progress. Even if we need to be redirected

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occasionally, remember God loves a cheerful mover.