Concerning Apollos our brother: I strongly encouraged him to visit you with the brothers and sisters, but he didn't want to go now. He'll come when he has an opportunity.

1 Corinthians 16:12 CEB

Well Apollos did seem to have the opportunity but for some reason he didn't want to take it. 

Paul was the person with authority, the person with zeal, the who pushed on through shipwrecks and bearings etc.

And Apollos still said to Paul "no that doesn't work for me right now".

We might call this putting in a boundary, and then protecting that boundary. 

We need boundaries where the other person has power. The power of position, words, religion, physical strength, financial. Sometimes it's the "everyone's doing this" power of the culture, or the fear of missing out, or the voice in our head to "honour our elders/parents/love your enemies" that gets hijacked to kind of "force" us to "go to Corinth" like Paul really wanted Apollos to do. 

But Apollos protected his boundaries. 

(It's good to check that with people we trust that our boundaries are good and healthy) 

We can be like Apollo's and hold our boundaries even when it's "Paul" who wants us to do something good. 

It's OK to say "no". 

It's OK to say "that timing doesn't work for me"

#corinthians

#boundaries

#belikeApollos