For November 13, 2026
Wherever The Wind Blows by Greg Holmes, D.MIN – Director of Missions serving 17 churches
THERE IS ALWAYS a fresh, real-time presence in Luke’s accounts of his travels with Paul. Part of their second missionary journey probably took place in the spring of 49 A.D.; already well on their way from Antioch in the south, they are now heading across the Mediterranean the seventy or so miles from Troas to the small island of Samothrace as an overnight port of call. “From Troas we put out to sea and sailed straight for Samothrace, and the next day we went on to Neapolis. From there we traveled to Philippi.” (Acts 16:11) The time of the sea journey to Samothrace is quite fast; under sail, the spring winds favor their route. It is approximately the same distance to Neapolis in Asia Minor, where they will make landfall and head overland to Philippi, a bustling Roman outpost located in what is now modern-day northeastern Greece. The sense of purposed movement is important, with each place named being as a waypoint towards a destination, that being Philippi. Something is about to happen that involves an act of the Holy Spirit.