Acts 27:25
So keep up your courage, men, for I have faith in God that it will happen just as he told me. Nevertheless, we must run aground on some island.
This verse deeply encouraged me as I stare at the disappointments and issues before me. Luke 27 tells us of the events which took place to Paul and his fellow shipmates. Left without food and enduring days of storm on the waters with no land in sight, the possibility of surviving seems bleak. Having bobbed mildly on the sea for a couple of hours in my recent holiday, I can attest to the fact that its an awful feeling of being tossed by the waves.
No sun, no food, rough seas. What's worst is the fact that everyone was in such a predicament because no one wanted to listen to Paul's advice to travel via another route. That's the worst bit of life, when we are in a situation simply because people didn't want to heed advice and warnings.
A lot have transpired over the past 2 weeks. Still, the message that hit home was to have faith over circumstances. Feeble as the attempt is to declare this message, it is an iota of faith that is needed before an almighty God because He is above all.
Like Paul and his fellow shipmates, in the issues we face in life, we may need to run aground before we get our two feet back on stable ground. But it is the fortitude of character to stay hopeful in God that will allows us to see God's hand in every of our situation.
I choose to have faith in God.
M.
He is the Rock, his works are perfect, and all his ways are just. A faithful God who does no wrong, upright and just is he. (Deuteronomy 32:4)
