“And when neither sun nor stars in many days
appeared, and no small tempest lay on us, all
hope that we should be saved was then taken away.” Acts 27:20
For
the captors of Paul, and the other travelers, the storm they found themselves
in shouldn’t have been a surprise, in vs 10 Paul warned them of such. Man is prone to travel into un-required storms. Becoming so dogmatic in his desires to get
where he longs, he find himself fighting storms he sailed into by his own
navigating. It says they saw neither sun nor stars for many days. Melancholy
oftentimes is the condition of God’s children as to their spiritual direction, sailing
into darkness having no light. Finding themselves desperately casting life
overboard (vs 18) in essence, desperately attempting to change their course by fighting
the physical with the physical, choosing to make shipwreck of their faith
(obedience), rather than of their desires.
Set
your direction by the light of Christ, not your desires and you’ll find
smoother waters.
HSAY…Todd
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