- Read Acts 16:16-24
This is not the first time Paul angers people, and certainly won’t be the last! I keep thinking of how messy life can be. This demon possessed slave girl was surely in a way better place once she had been delivered by the demon. But her owners disagreed. And we actually have no idea what she thinks either.
After all, she hadn’t asked to be healed.
But quickly, many lives are changed forever by this one action. Slave owners, the slave girl, Paul and Silas are all impacted.
- Share a time when you believed you were acting in love and concern and it was received otherwise. What happened?
- How did you resolve this?
- Have you ever questioned or felt disillusioned with a turn of events in your life? Certainly Paul and Silas had not woken up that morning thinking they would be put in jail.
- How can you trust God’s sovereignty in allowing events in your life that impact you?