After

We are following Paul’s third missionary journey...currently in the city of Ephesus. There is a link in the “sites” section of the blog that will allow you to interactively track his journey.


Acts 19
21 Afterward Paul felt compelled by the Spirit to go over to Macedonia and Achaia before going to Jerusalem. “And after that,” he said, “I must go on to Rome!” 22 He sent his two assistants, Timothy and Erastus, ahead to Macedonia while he stayed awhile longer in the province of Asia.


After. What is your next step in life? What is the title of the next chapter in the story of your life? I love the fact that Paul has an “after” in mind (and then even one after that) ... and that his “afters” don’t include the phrase “retiring to a little villa on the coast of the Aegean Sea”. Paul was constantly looking to serve God ... in new ways and in new places. It saddens me when followers of Jesus, that have served God willingly and pursued him passionately for years, choose to “retire” spiritually when they retire vocationally. My prayer is that God will continue to compel me into one “after” after another.