在宣教旅程的头部分，保罗重访了他在第一次传教旅程中走过的城市，特庇和路司得，并经过弗里吉亚和加拉太地区。
他们接下来该去哪里？
当他和他的小团队继续前进时，“圣灵既然禁止他们在亚西亚讲道”（使徒行传 16:6），
他们转向北方，“到了每西亚的边界，他们想要往庇推尼去，耶稣的灵却不许。” （使徒行传 16:7）
属灵功课：
- 神的工作不是指一个随机地点或从精美的旅游指南中选择一个风景如画的地点。
- 这与实现您自己的梦想和计划无关，更不用说证明自己了。
- 在我们的属灵生活中，尤其是在做神的工作时，我们都必须学习领受圣灵的引导。
- 即使你有一个特定的目标，也要学懂专注圣灵。
- 神的灵可能会对你的所有/或任何计划说：“不”。
- 不要以为你要事奉神，就得按你的计划和心意去做。
- 学习祈祷并学习接受从神那里得到一个“不”的答案。
- 全心全意地接受上帝的“不”。
- 无论你的前景/愿景多么美好，都不要违背神明确的旨意。
- 选择跟随神的带领，无论对你来说是多么的困难
- 根据神的指示马上调整你的计划。
- 继续关注神的带领
当神关闭一扇门
有句流行的说法，是：“当神关闭一扇门，他会在别处打开一扇窗。”
海伦凯勒说：“当一扇幸福之门关闭时，另一扇门就会打开，但我们经常注目在那扇关闭的门，以至于看不到为我们打开的那扇门。”
从使徒行传十六章可以看出，神不只是开了一扇小窗，事实上，他在特罗亚开了一扇大门，带领保罗进入马其顿。
当我们看地图时，我们可以很容易地看到场景，
团队从东南来，往西走。
它们被阻挡往西部（亚西亚）和北部（庇推尼）。
还有什么选择？
- 他们应该留在神停止他们的地方吗？
- 他们应该朝着不同的方向前进吗？他们能去哪里？
- 他们应该撤回加拉太吗？
他们只能往西北走。
于是他们走到了尽头，到了地中海的边缘，来到一座名叫特罗亚的城市。
In the first part of the journey, Paul visited the cities he had visited on his first missionary journey, Derbe and Lystra, and passed through the regions of Phrygia and Galatia.
Where can they go next?
As he and his small team moved on, they were "prevented by the Holy Spirit from speaking the message in Asia" (Acts 16:6),
They turned north, and "they attempted to go into Bithynia, and the Spirit of Jesus did not permit them." (Acts 16:7)
Spiritual Lessons:
- It's not a matter of pointing at a random spot or choosing a picturesque spot from a nicely printed guide.
- It's not about fulfilling your dreams and plans, much less proving yourself.
- In our spiritual life, especially in doing God's work, we must all learn to be guided by the Spirit of God.
- Even if you have a specific goal, learn to focus on the Spirit of God.
- The Spirit of God may say "NO" to all/or any of your plans.
- Don't think that since you want to serve God, everything has to go according to your plan and intent.
- Learn to pray and learn to accept a "NO" from God as an answer.
- Accept God's "NO" wholeheartedly.
- No matter how good the prospects/prospects are for you, don't go against the will of God.
- Choose to follow God's leading, no matter how difficult it is for you
- Adjust your plans according to God's instructions.
- Continue to pay attention to God's leading
A Popular Saying
A popular saying goes: "When God closes one door, he must open another window elsewhere."
Helen Keller said, "When one door of happiness closes, another opens, but so often we look at that closed door so that we cannot see the one that is open for us."( https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-origin-of-the-quote-When-God-closes-a-door-He-opens-a-window)
As we can see from Acts 16, God didn't just open a small window, in fact, He opened a gate in Troas so that Paul could venture into Macedonia.
When we look at the map, we can easily see the scene,
The team came from the southeast and went west.
They are blocked west (Asia) and north (Bithynia).
What are the options?
- Should they stay where God stops them?
- Should they be heading in different directions? Where can they go?
- Should they withdraw Galatia?
They can only go northwest.
So they came to the end, to the edge of the Mediterranean Sea, to a city called Troas.
