Nehemiah 6:3 ASV, Job 2:18-19 ASV, Acts 20:22 ASV, Acts 20:22 ASV, Acts 20:22-23 ASV, Acts 20:23-24 ASV, Acts 20:24 ASV and 1 Corinthians 16:5-9 ASV

And now, compelled by the Spirit, I am going to Jerusalem, not knowing what will happen to me there. I only know that in every city the Holy Spirit warns me that prison and hardships are facing me. However, I consider my life worth nothing to me, if only1) SPIRIT’S PROMPTING.And now, compelled by the Spirit, I am going to Jerusalem…deo – compelled, bound in the Spirit, wrapped up with cords.pneuma – Spirit, current of air, breeze of the Spirit.For I am full of words, and the spirit within me compels me; inside I am like bottled-up wine, like new wineskins ready to burst.2) CERTAIN UNCERTAINTY.I am going to Jerusalem, not knowing what will happen to me there.After I go through Macedonia, I will come to you-for I will be going through Macedonia. Perhaps I will stay with you awhile, or even spend the winter, so that you can help me on my journey, wherever I go. I do not want to see you now and make only a passi3) PREDICTABLE RESISTANCE.I only know that in every city the Holy Spirit warns me that prison and hardships are facing me.4) UNCOMMON CLARITY.However, I consider my life worth nothing to me, if only I may finish the race and complete the task the Lord Jesus Christ has given me– the task of testifying to the gospel of God’s grace.So I sent messengers to them, saying, ‘I am doing a great work, so that I cannot come down. Why should the work cease while I leave it and go down to you?’ • WHEN VISION INCREASES, OPTIONS DECREASE, MAKING IT EASIER TO DISCERN THE WILL OF GOD.