Acts 18:5-7
When Silas and Timothy arrived from Macedonia, Paul was occupied with proclaiming the word, testifying to the Jews that the Messiahwas Jesus. When they opposed and reviled him, in protest he shook the dust from his clothes and said to them, “Your blood be on your own heads! I am innocent. From now on I will go to the Gentiles.” Then he left the synagogue and went to the house of a man named Titius Justus, a worshiper of God; his house was next door to the synagogue.
How long do we hang on to things we should let go of?
It's a question that every individual, and every group, probably needs to address at some point or another. And if you haven't yet, it might be time to start thinking about it.
Letting go is difficult. Letting go individually and letting go communally.
We hold on to things we knew. Certainly, Paul probably knew more how to be Jewish Christian than how to convert Gentiles. Yet he also knew that his call was to be the apostle to the Gentiles. And here in this story, that becomes quite clear to him.
It might be easy to look at this as him just giving up with the Jews. But there were others still there for the task of preaching to the Jews.
Paul knew when to call it. When to move on. When to let go.
Do you?
Do we?
Gracious God, help me to see when it is time to shake the dust off my feet and move on. Amen
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