Acts 16: 6-10
speaks of Paul and his companions traveling through Phrygia and Galatia. He and the rest of the members of his missionary team had planned on working in Asia Minor. They intended to preach in Bithynia in Mysia, but this was not in God’s plan for them at that time. In fact it says that the Holy Spirit kept Paul and the team from entering Asia. Verse 9 states that during the night Paul had a vision of a man of Macedonia standing and begging him, “Come over to Macedonia and help us." After the dream “We (the missionary team) got ready at once to leave for Macedonia, concluding that God had called us to preach the gospel to them.”
Someone very dear to me had a similar situation. Her desire was set on traveling to Nigeria to work in an orphanage, conducting a Vacation Bible School and working with the children one on one. Her heart was broken when she was inadvertently left off of a invitation from the Nigeria government to visit their country (the only way you can visit, at least as a missionary). Her heart was right, her desire to serve was strong, and for a time circumstances pointed to this being the right thing to do, and yet it wasn’t in God’s plan. There’s an often used phrase that says when one door closes another one opens. I would say to her, to look for her Macedonia. Does it seem like you’ve hit a dead end in your life? Look for your Macedonia.
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