While we were staying for many days, a prophet named Agabus came down from Judea. And coming to us, he took Paul's belt and bound his own feet and hands and said, “Thus says the Holy Spirit, ‘This is how the Jews at Jerusalem will bind the man who owns this belt and deliver him into the hands of the Gentiles.’” When we heard this, we and the people there urged him not to go up to Jerusalem. Then Paul answered, “What are you doing, weeping and breaking my heart? For I am ready not only to be imprisoned but even to die in Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.” And since he would not be persuaded, we ceased and said, “Let the will of the Lord be done.”

In this passage, the third recorded instance that Paul was warned of the dangers ahead, he was adamant in his conviction that he was serving the Spirit. One of the lessons here is that when the Spirit convicts me of a particular course, I need to be fixed in my determination to follow His leading.

Another point is in the last sentence; when someone insists that they are ready and willing to die for the name of the Lord, I need to cease my efforts to persuade them otherwise and seek to support them in advancing the Kingdom.

Today's readings in the Psalms:

Morning: Psalm 99

Mid-day: 119:49-56

Evening: Psalm 25 7

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