So Paul and Barnabas preached the word and it was received pretty well. Then they preached again and they were persecuted. The interesting thing to me is that when they left that region because of the trouble that the jealous Jews had stirred up, they shook the dust from their feet, (as a sign to the people, and I think as a sign to themselves that they weren’t going to carry that rejection in their soul) and were filled with joy and the Holy Spirit. They were basically run out of town and that had joy!? God spoke to me and said that these two knew how to operate on a different level. They knew how to let go of bad things in ministry and move on AND they knew the secret of having joy in trials. The thing that stood out to me was that they had joy, and I think it is because they were NOT results focused, they were Kingdom focused. They were thinking about the Kingdom and not about their particular ministry. Their eggs were in Jesus basket!
On a different note – Paul was very human and God worked with his humanity and doubled the missionary team. They left with the grace of God so that means there were no hard feelings and only that of love between all of them. There was an opinion about ministry partners and Paul and Barnabas couldn’t agree – and something good happened through it. Disagreements should NEVER provoke us to jealously or strife, but should ALWAYS end in love – otherwise jealousy and strife will follow you in an unnatural (supernatural evil) way.
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