Have you ever been passionate about reaching a particular objective in your life only to run into an immovable object that turned your plans upside down?
The Apostle Paul had the heart to preach the gospel of Jesus Christ and set out to spread the gospel to the ends of the known world. Because of Paul’s ministry, many Jews and Gentiles believed, perhaps thousands of them before Paul was thrown into prison. But Paul didn’t see his circumstances as a prisoner as an immovable object. His passion and love for the brethren led him to write letters from prison to the churches he had planted. His desire was to nurture and strengthen the believers.
Paul’s imprisonment is probably not the way Paul had hoped his ministry would go. But because of his confinement, his letters to the churches made him the most prolific writer of the New Testament. In fact, most of the New Testament is made up of the letters that he wrote from prison. Because of this, his ministry reached not just thousands of people but billions of people over the centuries.
The next time you think you can’t minister to others because of something that’s hindering your plans, remember the Apostle Paul who did so much for the kingdom of God from his prison cell. There’s no chain that’s strong enough to stop the Gospel or its purposes. Don’t wait for your situation to change. Find another way to minister to others. Your hindrance could be what launches your greatest ministry.
When God closes one door he opens another. All you have to do is walk through it.
God Bless,
Daniel
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