Lessons from the sea
Acts 27
1. Life is not plain sailing, v4,7
Things do go against us at times, circumstantial winds beat against us.
2. Listen to experience
Trust those who have been through the worst, v10.
He was speaking from experience. In 2 Cor 11:25 he tells us that he had been shipwrecked 3 times and spent a night and a day perhaps clinging to some floating wood.
People who can be best described as walking with a limp because of life’s experiences can be trusted far more than those who have had perpetual victory.
3. Everything will change because of the storm.
You will lose what was important to you, v16, 18, 19, 20.
But one thing will never change: the position of God towards you.
v22 He still has a promise
v23 He still has a presence
v24 He still has a purpose.
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