The Right Thing
When you find yourself in the right place, you may discover that God is with you.
After this Paul left Athens and went to Corinth. There he found a Jew named Aquila, a native of Pontus, who had recently come from Italy with his wife Priscilla, because Claudius had ordered all Jews to leave Rome. Paul went to see them, and, because he was of the same trade, he stayed with them, and they worked together—by trade they were tentmakers. Every sabbath he would argue in the synagogue and would try to convince Jews and Greeks. When Silas and Timothy arrived from Macedonia, Paul was occupied with proclaiming the word, testifying to the Jews that the Messiah was Jesus. When they opposed and reviled him, in protest he shook the dust from his clothes and said to them, "Your blood be on your own heads! I am innocent. From now on I will go to the Gentiles." Then he left the synagogue and went to the house of a man named Titius Justus, a worshiper of God; his house was next door to the synagogue. Crispus, the official of the synagogue, became a believer in the Lord, together with all his household; and many of the Corinthians who heard Paul became believers and were baptized. One night the Lord said to Paul in a vision, "Do not be afraid, but speak and do not be silent; for I am with you, and no one will lay a hand on you to harm you, for there are many in this city who are my people." He stayed there a year and six months, teaching the word of God among them. - Acts 18:1-11
In today's reading from the Book of the Acts of the Apostles, Paul makes his way from Athens to Corinth and spends time working in his trade.
When he tries to convince the Jews that Christ is the Messiah, he is rejected, but he doesn't give up.
Instead, he finds an audience among the Gentiles and this is where he gets a message from Jesus that he is doing the right thing.
Wouldn't it be great to know we are doing the right thing?
But God doesn't always take the time to let us know, at least not the way we would like.
Instead, He shows us that we are on the right path by the doors that open for us and the people who come to help us along the way.
To know we are doing the right thing is a gift.
Until we receive that gift, we go on faith.
More to come...