Paul was a prisoner. He was under house arrest in Rome. The Jews had tried to kill him but they failed. What could the great apostle to the Gentiles do? Why would God allow him to be kept from traveling so that he could convert lost souls and build up churches?

We see so little. We look at troubles through thick lenses of pessimism and doubt that distort our thinking. Paul teaches us in this episode that the things we might think are for the worst are actually for the better. 

Read about this subject:

• Scriptures: Philippians 1:12-18; Genesis 50:19-20; Romans 8:28
• “Bright Expectations”

Listen to more on this subject:

• America Through the Eyes of Isaiah - “The Furnace of Affliction”