10-30-2025 PART 1: Finishing the Course When You Can’t See Around the Corner

Section 1

Paul’s words in Acts 20 frame a faithful posture toward the unknown: he’s “bound in the Spirit,” headed to Jerusalem, and openly admits he doesn’t know what awaits—but he knows Who goes with him. That becomes the anchor for us, too: we don’t need to see around the corner if we trust the Lord who is already there. Joys, sorrows, and the ordinary stretches of life are all known to Him, and even what we wouldn’t choose is woven into “all things work together for good.” The call is to shift our gaze from wobbling circumstances to God’s steady faithfulness, letting His presence—not our predictions—set our peace.

Section 2

Paul adds, “I count my life of no value to myself,” not as self-loathing but as re-centering: the value of our lives flows from Christ’s redeeming blood and the course He’s mapped for us. Scripture pictures that course like a God-drawn treasure map—revealed step by step so we don’t try to run the whole thing our way. The destination (eternity with God) is ultimate, yet the journey matters because it is where obedience, prayer, and everyday faithfulness live. Your ministry is not optional or age-limited: whether public like a platformed musician or quiet like the encourager who holds up weary arms, every ligament in Christ’s body matters. If you can pray, you can minister; if you can thank, you can build up; if you can stand with someone, you can strengthen the work.

Section 3

So how do we “finish our course”? We stop orbiting self and lean into what the Lord is doing through us. Paul defines his aim as testifying “to the gospel of God’s grace,” and that mission belongs to all of us. Finishing means renewed resolve, refreshed by God’s presence, to keep going until He says we’re done. Like Solomon, who “built the temple and finished it,” we’re invited to finish strong—golfing metaphor and all—because the score is written at the end, not the tee box. You may not know tomorrow’s turns, but you know the Guide. Offer yourself again, today, to the One who authored your map, trust His timing at the bends, and testify to grace until the last step of your race.