“You will never have this day again, so make it count.”

When I read that here in Kaitaia in Commerce Street, I was greatly encouraged, but also challenged.

I remember also what it says in the Bible in Psalm 118:24 and 2 Corinthians 6:2. In 2 Corinthians 6:2 the Apostle Paul says, “I tell you, now is the time of God’s favor, now is the day of SALVATION.”

We are reading about the conversion of the Apostle Paul four times in the Bible, namely in Acts 9:1-19; 22:3-21; 26:2-23 and Galatians 1:11-17.

When thinking about making days count , the Apostle Paul surely comes to my mind. In his letter to the Philippians, Philippians 1:21, he says that for him to live is Christ. He says also that for him to die is gain. Listen also to what he says in verse 22 of chapter one in his letter to “the saints in Christ Jesus at Philippi.” “If I am to go on living in the body, this will mean FRUITFUL LABOR for me.” Please read about his fruitful labor on his three Missionary Journeys. All three journeys are recorded in the Book of Acts.

THE FIRST MISSIONARY JOURNEY – Acts chapter 13-14

Barnabas and Paul are sent off from Antioch. They are on Cyprus, in Pisidian Antioch, in Iconium, in Lystra and Derbe and from there they are returning to Antioch in Syria.

THE SECOND MISSIONARY JOURNEY – Acts 15:35 – Acts 18:22

The journey starts with a disagreement, continues with a vision, we are reading about a conversion and Paul and Silas are ending up in prison.

THE THIRD MISSIONARY JOURNEY – Acts 18:23 – Acts 21:14

This journey tells us about a riot and about a young man who is raised from the dead.

The Apostle Paul did not only make his days count, he made his whole life count for ETERNITY.

What about us?