Even with Paul's wish to serve, even with his good motives, the Lord did not answer his prayer as he had asked or expected.: "My grace is sufficient for you, for power is made perfect in weakness." If you are called, God's grace will be sufficient for you.
After the remarkable healing of a woman who had suffered for 12 years from hemorrhages and after the raising of the dead child of Jairus, Jesus goes home to Nazareth accompanied by his disciples. He teaches in the synagogue on the sabbath, and the people are amazed both at his teaching and at the murmured accounts of the healings.