A New NormalSample

Day 13

Acts 13 puts the focus back on Saul and Barnabas. The persecutor-turned-pastor and the ‘son of encouragement’ (Acts 4:36) have been running the first megachurch in Antioch (southern Turkey) for a year. Thousands have been becoming Christians, the city is shifting, and God is using these two men powerfully. Human wisdom would advise that they stay and grow the Church, yet God calls them to leave. So they pack their bags and venture into the Unknown. The numbers are lower, and the danger is much higher, but through their obedience, the Gospel spreads from Antioch to Cyprus to the southern Turkish border. Churches are planted, people's lives are changed, and cities are turned upside down. 

Paul and Barnabas ran their race faithfully; they followed God’s plan above their own. Now it’s our turn to do the same.