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Shipwrecked
'I have faith in God that it will happen just as He told me' Acts 27:25
It seemed like a monster was eating up their ship. Dark violent clouds pulled at the mast, lightening throttled the life out of its flag pole, fifty foot waves kept dunking the boat's head in and out of the water. The sea kept thrashing the deck about, spilling men into its hungry belly. They were never going to reach Rome alive. And it all could've been avoided.
It was as if Paul had a looking glass into the future when he'd warned them, 'Men, I can see that our voyage is going to be disastrous and bring great loss' (Acts 27:9 NIV). But the majority had sided with the captain and so they set sail.
Lesson one: Listening to the majority doesn't make you right. Sometimes listening to God may go against human logic.
Lesson two: God always brings good out of our mistakes.
Despite Paul's warning, they end up shipwrecked in Malta. Instead of arguing a winning case of 'I told you so', Paul channels his energy into spreading the gospel.
When we slip up, rather than play the blame game, we would do well to see what God is up to through our mistakes.
Lesson three: Whatever we've lost, God can find again. All of Paul's belongings are forever lost at sea (or in the guts of some octopus) and yet Acts 28:10 tells us the people of Malta finally sent Paul away loaded with goodies and supplies.
written by Bob Gass
'I have faith in God that it will happen just as He told me' Acts 27:25
It seemed like a monster was eating up their ship. Dark violent clouds pulled at the mast, lightening throttled the life out of its flag pole, fifty foot waves kept dunking the boat's head in and out of the water. The sea kept thrashing the deck about, spilling men into its hungry belly. They were never going to reach Rome alive. And it all could've been avoided.
It was as if Paul had a looking glass into the future when he'd warned them, 'Men, I can see that our voyage is going to be disastrous and bring great loss' (Acts 27:9 NIV). But the majority had sided with the captain and so they set sail.
Lesson one: Listening to the majority doesn't make you right. Sometimes listening to God may go against human logic.
Lesson two: God always brings good out of our mistakes.
Despite Paul's warning, they end up shipwrecked in Malta. Instead of arguing a winning case of 'I told you so', Paul channels his energy into spreading the gospel.
When we slip up, rather than play the blame game, we would do well to see what God is up to through our mistakes.
Lesson three: Whatever we've lost, God can find again. All of Paul's belongings are forever lost at sea (or in the guts of some octopus) and yet Acts 28:10 tells us the people of Malta finally sent Paul away loaded with goodies and supplies.
written by Bob Gass
