When faith lags, God sometimes breaks up circumstances to hasten our steps-" Then they that were scattered abroad went everywhere preaching the word." The care of all the churches, also; kept Paul from having too much leisure.
This was better for him than the drawing of his natural heart toward Jerusalem, which so often warped Paul in his course; better was it, too, than being carried away by a zeal without knowledge, as Paul was upon the stairs.
It is remarkable, how his natural zeal for Israel, won for Paul the reward of being the one by whom God cast Israel out of his lap. See last chapter of Acts.
In the first we have the things which we must learn if we would take the place of an intelligent disciple, such as the hope of His calling; the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saints, and the exceeding greatness of His power in the saints.
In the second, we see what are the relationships beyond all our power to measure existing between each member of the church and the Spirit, Christ and Him who is the father of Christ.