Paul’s radical conversion set him on the pathway to go through hard trials. Acts 9:16 was the Lord’s words to Ananias. It says, “For I will show him how many things he must suffer for My name’s sake.”

If you need a refresher course of his life, I encourage you to read 2 Corinthians 11:23-33. 2 Corinthians 4:10 says, “Always carrying about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, that the life of Jesus also may be manifested in our body.”

Acts 20:22-23 gives us a glimpse of Paul being chained to God’s purpose. It says, “…I go bound in the spirit to Jerusalem…the Holy Spirit testifies in every city, saying that chains and tribulations await me.”

He was warned by others. Folks pleaded with him, weeping, begging him not to go. Acts 21:13 says, “…For I am ready not only to be bound, but also to die at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.”