When Life looks crazy!

Acts 27

Paul was being transported as a prisoner even though he was about to be set free.

Paul warns of bad weather, (hurricane season) to stop sailing but the crew didn’t listen to him.
He warned them of there being possible

1. Shipwreck

2. Losing of Cargo
3. Losing of lives

They set sail anyways ignoring his warning. Remember he was just “a prisoner”.

An angel appeared to him letting him know that no lives will be lost in this storm but the boat and cargo will be lost. The angel also told him that they’ll shipwreck on an island.

Acts 27:29

Points out that the crew was “Afraid so they tried to abandon ship” even though God promised safety to them.

Point #1. When things look SCARY but the Lord gave you a promise, don’t look to the circumstances but hold tight to the promise, be obedient even if afraid.

The sailors were going to abandon ship and get on the lifeboat that was much smaller, thinking it was a better option.

Point #2. When things in life/circumstances look scary, don’t settle for something that “looks” like the only option to safety, stand on God’s promise, because that “lifeboat” (safe option) may infact be the very boat that takes out your life.

Paul told them not to go on it, that they will surely die. They needed to ride out the storm in the ship that God promised them safety in.

When it was the right time, they were instructed to JUMP out of the boat and swim to safety, leaving everything behind in the crashing waves as the ship sank.

Point #3
There IS a time to take that leap of Faith in our obedience, and when we do, it will look scary. But in God’s perfect timing, we are to take that leap, but then we have work to do, we have to SWIM. We aren’t to jump in and sink or float. We are to swim to the island, swim to the land of safety that the Lord promised us.

As I read this chapter the Lord really highlighted these things to me.

1. Stand on God’s Promises – despite circumstances.
2. Don’t settle for what looks safe or comfortable. The enemy is a deceiver!
3. There is a time to act, and in that perfect timing we are to be quick to listen and obey the Lord’s leading, and work hard. We will reap the safety – blessing of it.