Knowing the Will of GOD and being in The Will of GOD are two different things!
Luke wrote by The Holy Spirit in Acts chapter 9:
15 But the Lord said to him, “Go, for he is a chosen vessel of Mine to bear My Name before Gentiles, kings, and the children of Israel.
16 For I will show him how many things he must suffer for My Name’s sake.”
17 And Ananias went his way and entered the house; and laying his hands on him he said, “Brother Saul, the Lord Jesus, Who appeared to you on the road as you came, has sent me that you may receive your sight and be filled with the Holy Spirit.“
18 Immediately there fell from his eyes something like scales, and he received his sight at once; and he arose and was baptized.
Jesus gave Paul three priorities IN ORDER!
Priority #1: The Gentiles
Priority #2: Represent Jesus to the Kings
Priority #3 The children of Israel
Paul wrote by The Holy Spirit in Romans chapter 1:
13 So, my dear brothers and sisters, please don’t interpret my failure to visit you as indifference, because many times I’ve intended to come but have not been released to do so up to now. For I long to enjoy a harvest of Spiritual fruit among you, like I have experienced among the nations.
14 Love obligates me to preach to everyone, to those who are among the elite and those who are among the outcasts, to those who are wise and educated as well as to those who are foolish and unlearned.
15 This is why I am so excited about coming to preach the wonderful message of Jesus to you in Rome!
16 I refuse to be ashamed of the wonderful message of God’s liberating power unleashed in us through Christ! For I am thrilled to preach that everyone who believes is saved—the Jew first, and then people everywhere!
Paul reversed the priorities in his first five years and suffered much persecution by the Jews. He recounted his conversion in Acts chapter 26:
12 “While thus occupied, as I journeyed to Damascus with authority and commission from the chief priests,
13 at midday, O king, along the road I saw a light from Heaven, brighter than the sun, shining around me and those who journeyed with me.
14 And when we all had fallen to the ground, I heard a Voice speaking to me and saying in the Hebrew language, ‘Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting Me? It is hard for you to kick against the goads.’
In other Words, Jesus told Paul, “You are only hurting yourself when you resist your calling.”
15 So I said, ‘Who are You, Lord?’ And He said, ‘I am Jesus, Whom you are persecuting.
16 But rise and stand on your feet; for I have appeared to you for this purpose, to make you a minister and a witness both of the things which you have seen and of the things which I will yet reveal to you.
17 I will deliver you from the Jewish people, as well as from the Gentiles, to whom I now send you,
18 to open their eyes, in order to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and an inheritance among those who are sanctified by faith in Me.’
Where did Paul go first? He went to the Jewish synagogues. Some Jews accepted The Word, but others rejected It as Luke recorded in Acts chapter 13:
45 But when the Jews saw the multitudes, they were filled with envy; and contradicting and blaspheming, they opposed the things spoken by Paul.
46 Then Paul and Barnabas grew bold and said, “It was necessary that the Word of God should be spoken to you first; but since you reject it, and judge yourselves unworthy of everlasting Life, behold, we turn to the Gentiles.
47 For so the Lord has commanded us: ‘I have set you as a light to the Gentiles, That you should be for salvation to the ends of the earth.'”
48 Now when the Gentiles heard this, they were glad and glorified the Word of the Lord. And as many as had been appointed to Eternal Life believed.
The Gentiles were Paul’s first priority, but he went where he was comfortable: the synagogues. We are not called to the “comfortable”. We must fully submit to the Will of GOD so that we bypass much turmoil. Paul suffered needlessly during the first five years of his calling. Let us not delay in submitting to our calling for FATHER establishes HIS priorities for your life in HIS Wisdom and understanding.