Today's Bible reading is the 25th chapter of the Book of Acts. You can read it here at Bible Gateway: http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Acts+25&version=NASB

In chapter 23 we read that the Lord had stood at the side of the Apostle Paul as he was being held in "the barracks" by the Roman soldiers who had in a sense, rescued him from the "great uproar" that had resulted from his testimony before the Jewish Council. The Lord had spoken to him saying, "Take courage; for as you have solemnly witnessed to My cause at Jerusalem, so you must witness at Rome also." This appears to have been a two-fold promise. Although Paul was most likely unaware of how he would end up in Rome, he would be a witness for the Lord there which would mean that he would not die in Jerusalem before doing so. In today's passage we see how the great Orchestrator in Heaven would direct his path there and use the affairs of men to accomplish His perfect will. In chapter 25 we find the Apostle Paul, having been left in custody by Felix the Governor, now making his defense before Felix's replacement, Porcius Festus. When Festus asks Paul if he is willing to go up from Caesarea to Jerusalem to stand trial for the charges brought against him by the Jews, Paul responds by appealing his case to Caesar. And Festus responds by saying, "You have appealed to Caesar, to Caesar you shall go." Of course, that meant traveling to where Caesar was, Rome. At the close of the chapter we see that Festus had found himself in a bit of a bind. He was going to send Paul to Rome but he had nothing to pass on the Emperor as to why he was sending him. That would be his problem to figure out because Paul was going to Rome, one way or another, to witness of the Lord there. It is beautiful to "listen to the music" as the great Orchestrator in heaven directs from on high.