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Daily Text
Satan cut across our path. -1 Thess. 2: 18, NW.
Paul did not brag of what he was going to do, but he did map out what seemed to serve the best interests of the work and its expansion. He trusted God to guide him in carrying out these plans and to back him up in them as far as it was in harmony with God’s purpose. Did God let Paul’s plans get interfered with? Paul shows God did, for he says to those in Rome: țI was many times hindered from getting to you.ț Telling of hindrance elsewhere, Paul wrote the Thessalonians: țWe wanted to come to you, yes, I Paul, both once and a second time, but Satan cut across our path.ț Paul was not improperly blaming something onto the Devil. No doubt by his fanatical dupes on earth Satan raised up effective barriers against Paul's coming back to Thessalonica when he wanted to go there. At any rate, all these things show Paul was left too much personal freedom and much personal responsibility in outlining his course in spreading the good news. He did not look for God's angel at every turn. He made decisions. So must we. W 6/15
Monthly Theme
SATAN THE DEVIL
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