Unloading Zone | Pastor Paul McGee

It was important to Paul to get to Jerusalem by Pentecost. By this time Pentecost had become known as the place of spiritual awakening and renewal. Whereas Paul's ship could have traveled straight to Ptolemais where he would continue his journey by land, it sailed about 400 miles from Patara to Tyre because there the ship was to unlade her burden. Tyre is just about 25 miles north of Ptolemais. Paul purposefully avoided certain stops because the necessity of being at Pentecost. However, he didn't negate the importance of pulling in a port where burdens could be unloaded. In our voyages, the junctures of unloading our burdens are critical to our arrival at a personal spiritual renewal. Cast your care upon Him!