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Acts chapter 20, verse 24, but I do not account my life of any value, nor as precious to myself.

If only I may finish my course in the ministry that I received from the Lord Jesus

to testify to the gospel of the grace of God. Oh, it's one of my favorite verses in not just the book of Acts, in all the Bible. Paul with the summary statement of his life, he says, I don't account my life of any value nor

as precious to myself. That's translation, I'm dead to myself, what Jesus calls all of us as

followers of Jesus to, to die to ourselves today. It's not what we want. It's what he wants. It's not our desires. It's his desires.

It's not his plans over our day. It's his plans over our day. And specifically, Paul says,

if only I may do this one thing, finish my course and the ministry I received from the Lord Jesus.

So Jesus has called me to do certain things today and I want to be faithful to do what he's called me to do today. And specifically,

what he's called me to do is to testify to the gospel of His grace to be an ambassador for Jesus.

And there's clearly a sense in which Paul was called to do this in a particular way.

But the reality is this is true for all of us.

We have all been filled with the Holy Spirit of God so that we might die to ourselves,

live in His Spirit, and testify to the gospel of His grace,

like live lives spreading the good news of God's grace. And the beauty is, God's put you in a particular place

to do that, me in a particular place to do that. He's given you a course that's different from me.

He's given you a ministry. And so don't just picture like paid minister.

Picture just calling from God. You're on the earth to make His grace known through your life.

And he's put you in a particular place today. He's put you around particular people today.

So die to yourself and be faithful to do all he has entrusted to you,

called you to do today. Finish your course today and then finish your course tomorrow and the next day

and the next day all the way until we see our Savior's face. God, we pray that would be so.

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