I never realized that Paul got frustrated enough to quit. Sometimes, I get frustrated and consider quitting whatever task I'm involved in, but for some reason, I always imagined that Paul never wanted to give up no matter how bad things got. I see in this chapter, though, that that was apparently not the case.
Perhaps I am misreading, but it seems to me that Paul gets fed up with the Jews not believing and coming to attack him. He gets so fed up, as a matter of fact, that he stomps his feet and is ready to storm out of town never to speak to the Jews about Jesus again. Calmly, though, God comes to him and says that he must continue to preach and teach. In fact, God tells him that no one will bring harm against him as long as he is there, and so Paul settles for a year and a half to teach and preach the Gospel.
I wonder how many times I've walked away from something and ignored God telling me that that was exactly where He wanted me to be at the time? I wonder if I would have the courage to follow God like Paul and stay in town even when the people didn't seem to like me very much?
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