Lest we fear because we don’t know the will of God, we can simply say everyday, “thy kingdom come, thy will be done, in my life, as it is in heaven.” Let us risk more to follow what the Lord has spoken to our hearts, than try to play it safe because of our fears of people.
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Sometimes we have to cut the ropes of our own lifeboats to gain the full protection of the Lord’s direction and will. This scripture implies that it’s safer to be in the will of God in a dangerous storm, than out of the will of God on dry land. Then Paul said to the centurion and the soldiers, "Unless these men stay with the ship, you cannot be saved." So the soldiers cut the ropes that held the lifeboat and let it fall away. In an attempt to escape from the ship, the sailors let the lifeboat down into the sea, pretending they were going to lower some anchors from the bow. Paul made clear that if they didn’t all stay with him on board, the gracious deal that God had offered was off. Had Paul not been on this ship, would God have saved the lives of those on board? No one can know for sure, but if someone put a gun to my head, and demanded that I choose the most likely answer, I would have to say no. Sometimes wisdom can be gained by inverting the situation.
Of course, all analogies break down, and without pretending to come up with a formula for long life, or presumably explain why good or bad things happen to any of us, it is still notable that this ship was saved, because someone was walking in their call, and their mission was not complete. He was doing his part in making himself “indispensable” as a worker. God had plans for his future that Paul submitted to. When the Apostle Paul’s life was threatened through this terrible storm, he seemed to be walking in “kingdom security”. Whenever a task was offered her that wasn’t her suit, she would cheerfully respond, “no problem, its job security”.
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You must stand trial before Caesar and God has graciously given you the lives of all who sail with you.' ActsĪ trainer at work instructed me to “make myself indispensable” by gaining expertise in as many jobs, tasks, and positions as possible. Last night an angel of the God whose I am and whom I serve stood beside me and said, 'Do not be afraid, Paul. Paul in Eastons Bible Dictionary Map of Paul's Journey to Rome
And so it was that they all escaped safely to land." But the centurion, wanting to save Paul, kept them from their purpose, and commanded that those who could swim should jump overboard first and get to land, and the rest, some on boards and some on parts of the ship. But striking a place where two seas met, they ran the ship aground and the prow stuck fast and remained immovable, but the stern was being broken up by the violence of the waves.Īnd the soldiers' plan was to kill the prisoners, lest any of them should swim away and escape. And they let go the anchors and left them in the sea, meanwhile loosing the rudder ropes and they hoisted the mainsail to the wind and made for shore. When it was day, they did not recognize the land but they observed a bay with a beach, onto which they planned to run the ship if possible. So when they had eaten enough, they lightened the ship and threw out the wheat into the sea. And in all we were two hundred and seventy-six persons on the ship. Then they were all encouraged, and also took food themselves. Therefore I urge you to take nourishment, for this is for your survival, since not a hair will fall from the head of any of you." And when he had said these things, he took bread and gave thanks to God in the presence of them all and when he had broken it he began to eat. "And as day was about to dawn, Paul implored them all to take food, saying, "Today is the fourteenth day you have waited and continued without food, and eaten nothing. Just fourteen days to get from Crete to Malta: Ship sailing under the conditions mentioned in Acts 27 would need The below sketch shows the ship that Paul had traveled on anchored
On theĭeck was a wooden hut for the helmsman which was also used as a temple In the midst wasĪ high mast, usually of cedar wood and near the prow was a smaller oneįor hoisting a small sail. Carving above the bows and a bird's-tail at the stern.
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