Heaven Land Devotions - Now I Go Bound In The Spirit

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There came a time for Paul the Apostle to turn the torch over to the elders of Ephesus. He was in Miletus, where he summoned them to let them know he was moving on. He spent most of his mission in bonds and imprisonments.

He said to them, "And now, behold, I go bound in the spirit unto Jerusalem, not knowing the things that shall befall me there: Save that the Holy Ghost witnesseth in every city, saying that bonds and afflictions abide me. But none of these things move me, neither count I my life dear unto myself, so that I might finish my course with joy, and the ministry, which I have received of the Lord Jesus, to testify the gospel of the grace of God. "Acts 20:22-24.

There was a calm sense of joy in his discharging his duty to others who would carry on. He went "bound in the spirit to Jerusalem." No other time did Paul say anything about going or doing anything being "bound in the spirit" until then. And yet it was the first time he equated being bound with joy.

You see, there are many who have been on the very long, narrow road of the Cross. Many times finding themselves bound by so much external hardships, shipwrecks, emotional imprisonments, sorrows, sickness and disappointments.

But there comes a time like Paul, where the tide turns, and these that have been faithful to the Lord will be ready to repeat those same words with the same joy...."And now, behold, I go bound in the spirit to the new Jerusalem, to finish my course with joy."

"To Paul, more than to any other man, doing Christ's work was his earthly pay, but gaining Christ's smile was heaven." ~ Margaret Bottome