Pastor Steven Furtick

As I urged you when I went into Macedonia, stay there in Ephesus so that you may command certain men not to teach false doctrines any longer…
1 Timothy 1:3

Timothy didn’t necessarily want to stay in Ephesus.  I think that’s a safe assumption, because:
-Paul urged him to do so on multiple occasions, and we rarely have to urge someone to do something they want to do
-He was surrounded by false teachers, and his assignment was to set these misled older men straight

Nevertheless, the instruction from his mentor was clear:
Stay there in Ephesus…

Have you ever received a direction from God to stay put somewhere when you really wanted to take off?
To bear with someone that you wanted to write off?
To continue to respect the husband who refuses to adequately love you?
To honor a leader who consistently fails to earn your respect?
To wholeheartedly serve people who are incorrigibly ungrateful?

Unless/Until God releases you, stay in Ephesus.   And since you’ve got to stay there until further notice, you may as well make yourself at home and make the most of it by giving God your very best.