Through Obedience

When we heard that, we and everyone there that day begged Paul not to be stubborn and persist in going to Jerusalem. But Paul wouldn't budge: "Why all this hysteria? Why do you insist on making a scene and making it even harder for me? You're looking at this backward. The issue in Jerusalem is not what they do to me, whether arrest or murder, but what the Master Jesus does through my obedience. Can't you see that? Acts 21:12-13

As much as we applaud Paul for his writings and the advancement of the gospel message, I don't think I've ever been more impacted by him than though this statement. He demonstrates that he is a servant of Christ. Paul would write "Follow me as I follow Christ". I want to follow this example - it doesn't matter what happens to me, it matters what Jesus does through me - specifically through my obedience. It is key - my obedience. Not just what He does through me, but through my obedience. Lord, please help me obey Your Word, Your Will, Your Voice, Your Spirit, Your Way.