I think it is important to remember God in relation to time. Paul was saved by Jesus Himself and already an old testament scholar and pharisee but God did not use Paul as a missionary until between 10-14 years after his new birth. And Pauls first experience, as Acts records it, was as an assitant to Barnabas. That doesn't mean that Paul was just sitting there waiting but he was yielding himself to God and growing in faith. I will leave you with one verse...
Heb 11:6 But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.
Year (AD)
Event
30
Jesus’ resurrection
33-35
Paul’s conversion / sojourn in Damascus (Acts 9)
35
Paul’s first post-conversion visit to Jerusalem
35-45
Paul’s years in Cilicia, Syria and Antioch (Gal 1.21-2.1, Acts 9.30 / 11.25)
45
Paul’s second post-conversion visit to Jerusalem (Acts 11.30)
46-48
The First Journey (Acts 13-14)
48
Letter to the Galatians
49
The Jerusalem Council (Acts 15)
49-52
The Second Journey (Acts 16-18)
50
Letters to the Thessalonians
52
Return visit to Jerusalem and Antioch
52-57
The Third Journey (Acts 18-21)
54
First Letter to the Corinthians
56
Second Letter to the Corinthians
57
Letter to the Romans
57-59
Paul’s Judean arrest and trial (Acts 21-26)
59-60
Voyage to Rome and shipwreck (Acts 27-28)
60-62
House arrest in Rome and Early Prison Letters
62
Hearing before the Emperor and acquittal
62-64
Journey to Spain, Corinth, and Ephesus
65
Paul’s re-arrest, Later Prison Letters, and execution in Rome
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