Acts 20:17-24

17 From Miletus, Paul sent to Ephesus for the elders of the church. 

18 When they arrived, he said to them: “You know how I lived the whole time I was with you, from the first day I came into the province of Asia. 

19 I served the Lord with great humility and with tears and in the midst of severe testing by the plots of my Jewish opponents. 

20 You know that I have not hesitated to preach anything that would be helpful to you but have taught you publicly and from house to house. 

21 I have declared to both Jews and Greeks that they must turn to God in repentance and have faith in our Lord Jesus.

22 “And now, compelled by the Spirit, I am going to Jerusalem, not knowing what will happen to me there. 

23 I only know that in every city the Holy Spirit warns me that prison and hardships are facing me. 

24 However, I consider my life worth nothing to me; my only aim is to finish the race and complete the task the Lord Jesus has given me—the task of testifying to the good news of God’s grace.

Message Notes



Worth is whatever God says you were created to do.

Worth is relative to what God deems is worthy of your time.

The things I do with my life must be an outgrowth of the mission God gave me.

My life only makes sense in reference to God.

Some of us are tired not because the work is too heavy, but because the work is unclear.

When your life is aligned with God’s purpose,

even suffering has meaning.

God does not always reveal danger to remove it.

Sometimes God reveals danger to prepare you to walk through it.