Saturday, January 12, 2013

Headstrong into the Storm

Acts 27:13 KJV
And when the south wind blew softly, supposing that they had obtained their purpose, loosing thence, they sailed close by Crete.

The captain and crew had an agenda, a purpose and no preacher was going to steer them from their course, least of all this one who was a prisoner to boot. Flying in the face of the counsel of God, they looked for other signs in favor of their own purpose and, when it appeared they had them, headed out without God. True, they tried to be cautious, sailing close by land, but it was of no use. Their headstrong plunge into their own will plunged them all into the midst of the storm.

What a picture of the case of men. We have God's Word as a light and we have pastors and other teachers of the Bible to help us with counsel, but we also have
  • A will
  • A purpose
  • A course we intend to take with or without God's blessing
We will often invite God along, even force Him through our religious ceremony, but we have little to no intention of letting Him change our course.

No wonder we find our world whirling in the midst of this storm.

The is only one way out of the mess we are in, if we will do it; abandon all hope of saving ourselves and just trust God.

He has a way of calming stormy seas. 

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