Paul, like his Master, “went about doing good.” He never stopped to rest. When his work was done in one place he was instantly off to another. When one door was closed he sought another that was open. No opposition checked him. No persecution daunted him. He is thus a model for all Christ’s followers.
But we must get his motive before we can have his career. There is no use in our trying to imitate his zeal unless we can first get his spirit. Here are two locomotive engines. They are precisely alike, but one of them rolls over the rails at fifty miles an hour, drawing its immense train, while the other stands quiet and motionless in the round house. The difference is that the one has a heart of fire, which gives it power, while the heart of the other is cold. It was a heart of fire that made Paul the great missionary he was. There are plenty of people of the other kind in churches, wanting only the fire to make them mighty workers for Christ.