11 For if I be an offender, or have committed any thing worthy of death, I refuse not to die: but if there be none of these things whereof these accuse me, no man may deliver me unto them. I appeal unto Cæsar.
A little background - Paul was preaching in Jerusalem towards the end of his life. The Jews were mad at him for preaching Christianity and wanted him dead. However, because Paul technically had Roman citizenship, he had the right to appeal his case to be tried by Roman law in Rome.
Why does this matter? Well, for Paul it meant that he was not subject to the Jews pushing their Roman Overlords around to have him killed like they did with Jesus. The Romans cared a lot about how their own official citizens were treated and Paul was guaranteed as fair treatment as could be expected at the time by playing his Roman card during the trial.
Why does this matter to us? We can take a lesson from Paul about moving forward with our work against resistance. Before this return to Jerusalem, many people tried to keep Paul from going because of the danger. More than that, Agabus prophesied that if Paul went back to Jerusalem then he would be imprisoned (Acts 21:10). But Paul knew what he needed to do, and made it work. He actually more than just "made it work" as he had the opportunity to preach to kings and great rulers as well as write four epistles while in prison that we still have today.
We need to remember to not always depend on things going smoothly just because we're doing the work God has called us to do, or that angels will swoop in to save us - but that one way or another we too can "make it work."
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