Acts 16:9

Acts 16:9 says, And a vision appeared to Paul in the night; There stood a man of Macedonia, and prayed him, saying, Come over into Macedonia and help us.  Then, in a vision in the night, a man from Macedonia appeared to Paul, saying, "Come over into Macedonia, and help us.” Paul could have written this off as a dream, and how often may we write off God’s call as only a dream. Verse ten adds, And after he had seen the vision, immediately we endeavoured to go into Macedonia, assuredly gathering that the Lord had called us for to preach the gospel unto them.  Paul immediately began to make plans to go to Macedonia, because he knew it was the Lord speaking to him in the dream.  Once we know what God wants us to do, we need to immediately begin to make plans to do it.  Also, we must be attuned enough to the Holy Spirit to be able to know His will.  We may have plans and dreams of what we are going to do for God, but they may not be His plan.  Paul, Silas, and Timothy were not allowed to go everywhere they wanted to but were attuned enough to God to go where they knew He was sending them.  Even if we have a plan that we think would be good for spreading the gospel, we must make sure that it is God's plan. Verse eleven continues, Therefore loosing from Troas, we came with a straight course to Samothracia, and the next day to Neapolis;  Verse twelve concludes, And from thence to Philippi, which is the chief city of that part of Macedonia, and a colony: and we were in that city abiding certain days.  After arriving there, Paul and those with him stayed in Philippi for a number of days.  Sometimes, even if we are on the way to another destination, God may have us stay put somewhere along the way.