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October 17, 2022

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Reading along with us in Acts? Here’s today’s reading:

Acts 27 (NIV)

Paul Sails for Rome
1 When it was decided that we would sail for Italy, Paul and some other prisoners were handed over to a centurion named Julius, who belonged to the Imperial Regiment. 2 We boarded a ship from Adramyttium about to sail for ports along the coast of the province of Asia, and we put out to sea. Aristarchus, a Macedonian from Thessalonica, was with us.
3 The next day we landed at Sidon; and Julius, in kindness to Paul, allowed him to go to his friends so they might provide for his needs. 4 From there we put out to sea again and passed to the lee of Cyprus because the winds were against us..........Continue Reading

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  1. Picturing this event I imagine how scary it must have been and to have Paul keep telling them they would be fine and God would protect them must have seemed so ridiculous to them, however, they stayed the course and sure enough everyone reached land safely just as Paul said that God had promised!
    Right down to letting the prisoners live and swim to shore, they trusted God’s plan when their military action would have been to kill them instead risking the chance of them escaping. Amazing how God provides even in the worst of our storms!!

  2. Can’t imagine being on that ship. They navigated by stars. So for 2 weeks in a storm. No navigation. Even being a Christian I would have been out of my mind. Not Paul! Think I have faith then I read of Paul.chapter 26. In chains in prison and every chance he gets he preaching the gospel. I would be complaining about my chains.

  3. In life as a Christian it’s a life long lesson to look beyond our feelings and circumstances and live on the promises of God

  4. Whenever the storms of life come, we can know that God will be with us in the midst of them. Luke is actually complimented by nautical experts for his description of sailing tactics in the first century. But Paul does try to warn them of things to come showing one thing that God provides in difficult times is insight into what is coming down the pike. You can understand why they wouldn’t heed Paul’s warning, but boy does Paul show his connection to something greater when the very things he warns against come to pass. And as the men try to do all they can to improve their situation, the thing that really matters is the promise of God that they will all be saved. How wonderful it is when God meets us in troubled times and shows Himself present, powerful and faithful. He is able to protect us even when all seems lost. I do like that Paul tells them I told you so, but notice how now when Paul speaks, people listen. Which reveals another aspect of how God works in the storm, it is to reveal Himself to people that don’t know Him and show Himself available to them as well. Our faith shines brightest when it shows itself able to answer and solve the circumstances of life. And it translates here to people being trusted and others not making a rash decision to kill the prisoners, when one of the prisoners has kept them alive. It is amazing how God continues to take care of Paul as He will do for us as we follow Him.

  5. Paul’s prediction/prophesy comes to pass. Fortunately, he has the assurance that he will make it to Rome with all who are with him.
    For there stood by me this night an angel of the God to whom I belong and whom I serve, 24 saying, ‘Do not be afraid, Paul; you must be brought before Caesar; and indeed God has granted you all those who sail with you.’ 25 Therefore take heart, men, for I believe God that it will be just as it was told me. 26 However, we must run aground on a certain island.”

    It is interesting that Paul seems to indicate that if those voyaging act contrary to faith, they will not be saved. “And as the sailors were seeking to escape from the ship, when they had let down the skiff into the sea, under pretense of putting out anchors from the prow, 31 Paul said to the centurion and the soldiers, “Unless these men stay in the ship, you cannot be saved.” 32 Then the soldiers cut away the ropes of the skiff and let it fall off.”

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