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Pursuing God's Call

Acts 21:1-6

After we had torn ourselves away from them, we put out to sea and sailed straight to Kos. The next day we went to Rhodes and from there to Patara. We found a ship crossing over to Phoenicia, went on board and set sail. After sighting Cyprus and passing to the south of it, we sailed on to Syria. We landed at Tyre, where our ship was to unload its cargo. We sought out the disciples there and stayed with them seven days. Through the Spirit they urged Paul not to go on to Jerusalem. When it was time to leave, we left and continued on our way. All of them, including wives and children, accompanied us out of the city, and there on the beach we knelt to pray. After saying goodbye to each other, we went aboard the ship, and they returned home. (NIVUK)

Paul's sea journeys are remarkable and courageous. Although the Mediterranean routes were quicker, and safer from bandits and dangerous geography (2 Corinthians 11:26), they were much more hazardous. Acts 27:13-44 describes Paul's shipwreck on the coast of Malta in detail, and 2 Corinthians 11:25 tells of three shipwrecks including swimming in the open sea for a night and a day. Paul might have refused to continue with his travelling ministry, but he knew it was God's calling: he had to preach the gospel (1 Corinthians 9:16) especially where people had no knowledge about Jesus (Romans 15