Acts | Chapter 27

27:1-20

“By the time we get to Phoenix”

I.) Intro. 

II.) Vs. 1-8 Ships log

III.) Vs. 9-20 Tempest-tossed


Intro.

As we begin the final two chapters of the book of Acts Luke records for us the last of Paul’s four shipwrecks & the only one given to us in detail. For the most part this chapter reads like a ship log as Paul is being brought to Rome so that Caesar will hear his case. Remember that according to the author Luke, who wrote to Theophilus, the purpose of his writing was to provide an “orderly account” so that he would know the “certainty of the things in which he was instructed concerning all that Jesus began both to do & teach”. Luke wanted Theophilus to be as certain, as he & the apostles were, concerning Jesus being alive & still working in the lives of His people.

So we need to ask ourselves, “What does their shipwreck on their way to Rome have to do with Jesus being alive & still working in the lives of His people?” May I suggest that the purpose of this chapter is to show the practical differences between those who trust in Jesus & those that don’t? Here’s where I’m going with this, both Christian & non-Christian faced the same obstacles (the storm & shipwreck) but the way in which they faced them underscores the continual work of Jesus in His people.

 The Christian is often under the illusion that he can determine his spiritual state by whether or not he faces storms. In other words the mistaken Christian thinks that if they face any storms in their lives then they must be outside God’s will. The truth is found in what James 1:2-4 tells us “brethren, count it all joy when you fall into various trials, knowing that the testing of your faith produces patience. But let patience have its perfect work, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking nothing.” Simply, it is not the trial that determines our spiritual condition but rather how we deal with the trial. As we read this section we have a clear-cut way to examine our spiritual condition by way of comparing our actions to Paul or to the rest of the world that was on that ship. Having done so I realize that I need too much more rely on Jesus in my life to become a leader like Paul. This Friday will mark 62nd anniversary of one of the greatest leaders in the 20th century, Winston Churchill. What made him a great leader was how he handled crisis, you see the day he took office was the same day the Germans invaded France, it was how he sailed stormy seas & endured shipwrecks that causes history to view him as such a great leader. Let’s come on board & take evaluation of our spiritual condition as we see Jesus continue to both do & teach through His servant Paul.   

 

Vs. 1-8 Ships log

Vs. 1-2 Back in chapter 23:11 while Paul was alone the Lord spoke to him about bearing witness in Rome, little did Paul realize the way in which the Lord would fulfill His promise. Though I’m certain Luke did not write this as an allegory it none the less illustrates the voyage that all Christians are on. The first thing to note is that our destination is certain but the rout we take to get there is often very unpredictable! I mean Paul was very encouraged by the Lord’s promise to him, he had already expressed a desire to go to Rome as well as Spain (Rom. 15:24-28) prior to Jesus tell him he was going. But never would he have guessed the way in which the Lord would bring him there. My point? Well Christian sailors, we can avoid a lot of heartaches in our Christian voyage if we keep our eyes fixed upon who the captain of our ship is & not the rout He is taking us on! Now I got to confess that this is very difficult for me to do & I’m usually getting seasick as I look at how we are leaving the harbor.

            Further more Luke records for us the other People that were placed upon the ship for the first part of the voyage:

  1. We: Since Luke is writing this then the “We” would include himself. In fact this is the longest of the “we” sections that Luke writes in the book of Acts.
  2. Other prisoners: The word “other” means “of a different kind”. Although we can not be sure many believe that these were condemned criminals being brought to Rome to entertain the populace in arenas by their death. If you will, Paul was on death row with perhaps the last opportunity to speak of Christ to men who were quite literally on their last voyage.
  3. Julius, a centurion of the Augustan Regiment: Not much is known about this group other then that in Rome they were known as “foreigners” because of their work mainly in lands occupied by the Romans. It seems that they were a special group of imperial guards that were hand picked to protect against military intrigue. In other words they were like the secret service of today. Julius was the commander of the 100 or soldiers that made up the 267 people that were on the ship, (verse 37). Talk about a contrast, Paul was on a ship with condemned prisoners & loyal guards who were bringing them to their deaths.
  4. Aristarchus: This guy’s name (The best prince) appears 5 times in the Bible & you could say based upon those entries that he was a “prince of a guy”. He first showed up connected to Paul in Acts 19:29. It was there that he was sized by the riotous mob in Ephesus along with Gaius & we are told there that they were both Paul’s traveling companions, so he was most likely one of the folks that got saved during Paul 1st missionary Journey in Acts 17:1-4. Then in Acts 20:4 we are told that he & Secundus, both of Thessalonica, accompanied Paul when he brought an offering to the Church in Jerusalem. In Col. 4:10 he is called a fellow prisoner & in Philemon 1:24 he is called a fellow laborer. These last two references to him shows that he went to Rome with Paul & remained there serving Paul & the believers in Rome. For Luke & him to be on board the ship with Paul would be near impossible unless they came with Paul as being his slave. I like this guy, he is the kind of guy that is ready, welling & able to do what ever it takes to further God’s work!   

They enter a ship with a route that is hugging the shore along the Mediterranean Sea heading up through modern day Turkey. The first of two ships was from an area (Adramyttium just above Troas) that had ominous name in light of the future of their voyage, “The court or mansion of death”.

Vs. 3 They no doubt set sail from Caesarea about 65 miles to Sidon & the Roman commander gives Paul liberty to go into the city & receive care from his friends in the city. This group of believers would of come from the time when Paul persecuted the Church & they fled Jerusalem. Looking at this scene & I’m amazed at what a witness Paul had already become to give confidence to Julius to treat him so favorably. Paul truly was a witness of Jesus in every situation he found himself in.

Vs. 4-5 After leaving Sidon the winds blowing northeast this time of year would have given them an easier trip seeing that they would of sailed with Cypress to their right in about ½ the time. Instead they encounter the first of many obstacles on this voyage, “contrary winds” or winds that blew northwest. So they use the Island of Cypress to help shelter them from the winds. So to counter this they would have had to sail a zigzag coarse keeping Cypress to the left to help block the winds.

We believe that the ship left Caesarea in mid August & according to verse 9 when they arrive at Fair Havens on the Island of Crete which is off the tip of Greece it was already past the Fast which would have been the “Day of Atonement or Yom Kippur”. According to some the date of Yom Kippur that year was October 5th.  Which means that they had been traveling already some 3 to 4 weeks by the time they get to port in Myra which is in modern day Turkey.

I again remind you that Luke is being very specific in his details to us about the difficulty Paul as well as the rest of the ship was having to get to their port. How about it have you ever felt as though you were facing “contrary winds” as you tried to follow what the Lord has told you? As I studied this section I realized that I’ve got a lot of growing to do in the Lord because I don’t do crisis well. I’d like to just get off the sea as soon as possible & any port will do! It seems to me that lately the Lord has been trying to develop my character a bit as we set sail to where He has called us to but I’m getting weary of the zigzag coarse were on & the slowness of our journey. 

Vs. 6-8 Finally arriving Myra chief port Andriaca that was known for the trade of grain from Egypt to Rome. Julius puts them aboard a much large ship this one was probably around 120 feet. They sail up the Aegean Sea keeping the Island of Rhodes on their left & the tell them came up to Cindus which was the last port in the Aegean Sea. The words “sailed slowly” are nautical terms meaning to tack. Further more Luke says that they sailed “many day & arrived with difficulty” in other words is took a long time with great effort to go a short distance. Finally Luke says that they just could not keep on the coarse they had started out on instead they sailed in between the Islands Cos & Rhodes seeking shelter from the strong winds by going around the tip of the Island of Crete which would be Salmone with great difficulty. So? Well lets look at how Luke describes their voyage since leaving Myra’s port 3 to 4 weeks earlier.

  • Vs. 7a Sailed slowly many days
  • Vs. 7b Arrived with difficulty
  • Vs. 7c Wind not permitting us to proceed
  • Vs. 8a Passing it with difficulty

On the first half of their voyage Luke says that the “winds were contrary” but since leaving the port of Myra four times in two verses he mentions how slow & difficult the journey was to get to where God had clearly said He would take them. After many weeks of sailing they have hardly gone anywhere. Do you see my point? Paul’s voyage was at a near stand still they were going no where how could this be the Lord’s will? Well God was more interested in getting their hearts to where he wanted them to be then He was in getting them to where their bodies wanted to be! Oh how I do battle with this personally.


Vs. 9-20 Tempest-tossed

Vs 9-14 In this section we can see some great spiritual truths to why we often get ourselves into spiritual storms & shipwrecks.

            As they finally arrive at the small port of Lasea called Fair Havens they were faced with a decision in which apparently because of the Julius’ respect for Paul he was consulted about what to do. Sailing along this route to Rome from mid-September to early November was very difficult but all sailing ceased from Mid-November until the first of Febuary because of hurricane force winds from the northeast called “Euroclydon” (north easterner) verse 14. The word in verse 14 “tempestuous” is where we get our English word “typhoon”.

 So Paul advise them no doubt since he had already survived three shipwrecks (2 Cor. 11:25) to not go any further & to winter in the port of Fair Havens. But Julius was more persuaded by the ship’s captain & the owner of the ship that they could travel the 40 miles up the coast to Phoenix, which was a larger city with better protection from the winds. Finally the conditions as they left Fair havens looked to back their decision to travel the forty miles up the coast but as we shall see in verse 14 they made a bad decision. So what got them into stormy seas? Well the text tells us three things led them into tempest-tossed seas.

  1. Vs. 9 IMPATIENCE “When much time had been spent”: They were stuck for a considerable time in Fair Havens & had already wasted a lot of time on a very difficult voyage. Simply put they made a bad decision for the same reason we do, they became impatient with where they were at & how long it was taking them to get to where they wanted to be! Ouch! How many of our shipwrecks would have been avoided if we would have just harbor the winter out in Fair Havens? Instead we think, “No if I can just push a little further up the coast man I’ll be happy!” The number one reason we get into typhoon trials is because of our own impatience!
  2. Vs. 11-12 PERSUADED BY THE MAJORITY: Julius sought the experts instead of seeking godly counsel, Paul. Hey, democracy is a great thing but you can not use that as the basis of know the heart of God. We often get ourselves into typhoon trials because we listen to the experts instead of following God’s word. “What do you say? And what do you think? Ok lets take a vote!” Paul gave the council from personal experience he had been shipwrecked three times as well as from God’s Word but it was not the popular decision. You know why? Well because there was nothing to do in Fair Havens for the winter & the sailors wanted the ease & nightlife of Phoenix for miles up the coast. So Paul’s voice was not the popular council. How about it are you open to council that goes against the popular majority? How many trial would we have avoided if we would have followed the advice that went against the popular majority? 
  3. Vs. 13 TRUSTED IN IDEAL CIRCUMSTANCES: Finally their mistake was that they looked at & tested the winds, which are far more unpredictable, then God’s Word. Bob Dylan sang about the answer blowing in the wind but most often all your going to find in blowing wind is an allergy! We Christians get ourselves into typhoon trials because we look to favorable circumstances to point out our coarse instead of following the clear path of God’s word!

Folks, you put IMPATIENCE with being PERSUADED BY THE MAJORITY & TRUSTING IN IDEAL CIRCUMSTANCES & you are guaranteed to run into trouble.

Vs. 15-20 Lets look at the out come of this type of decision making.

  1. Vs. 15-17a If your guided by circumstance you will soon be out of control blown whatever way the wind is taken you. Further more you will be driven out with out a lifeboat. Luke records for us the fact that they were so certain of their decision that they failed to bring aboard the skiff which trailed behind them & it was with great difficulty that they brought it on board. Simply put they spent all their energy upon just succoring something that could possible save them. Quite literally the only thing that was blowing in the wind was caution! 
  2. Vs. 17b They had to what is called “frapping” which is where they wrapped cables around the ships hull to keep it from splitting apart. Further more they were worried about sandbars called the Syrtis Sands which were 250 miles away off the coast of Africa famous for the sinking of ships. If you make decision based upon impatience, the popular majority & circumstances you will soon find your life in a panic as you put all your energy in just trying to keep your boat a float worrying about sandbars 250 miles away!
  3. Vs. 18-19 To save themselves they got to the place where they began to through out the necessities of life. I mean they chucked out some of the food & as verse 33 says they didn’t eat for 14 days. They also through the ability to power the ship. Do you see the downward progression here? They are now just living only for the here & now & are preparing anything for the future even if they survive.
  4. Vs. 20 Finally, their decision has brought them to the place of hopelessness. Look at what Luke tells us concerning their situation, “Now when neither sun nor stars appeared for many days, and no small tempest beat on us”. Do you see that? They navigated by the constellations, that’s how they could tell where they were at. So for many days they had no idea where they were at & further more the situation was still beating on them. When impatience, the popular majority & circumstances guide us eventually you will become lost & beaten up with no hope of survival. 

But here is the good news they finally gave up all hope of being saved by their own efforts that’s when God can step in & save us! Oh thank God for no ability to navigate & the world beating down upon us for it’s then that we are finally receptive to His saving grace! We will pick up thew rest of the story next week!


27:21-44

“As good as His Word”

I.) Intro. 

II.) Vs. 21-26 Blown away

III.) Vs. 27-38 Don’t jump ship

IV.) Vs. 39-44 Saved surfers


Intro.

As we saw last week Paul was in one of those typhoon trials that come upon us at times. In fact the word “tempestuous” in verse 14 is where we get our English word “typhoon”. Now I find that I can be in these trials for two reasons:

  • James 1:2-6 The testing of my faith: In this type of situation I may find myself in a typhoon trial apart from any of my own doing & God is allowing it to produce a Christ like character. In other words as James so aptly puts it, “that the testing of your faith produces patience. But let patience have its perfect work, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking nothing.”
  • The other reason is poor decision making on my part. So last week, based upon the text, we saw three ingredients that led them into a typhoon trial.
  • Vs. 9, 12 IMPATIENCE: “When much time had been spent,” & “if by any means they could reach Phoenix”. You put the words “much time spent” with “by any means” & the out come is always impatience! They became impatient with where they were at & how long it was taking them to get to where they wanted to be! And they made an impetuous decision based on that.
  • Vs. 11-12 PERSUADED BY THE MAJORITY: The popular decision was what the majority wanted, to stay the winter at a more comfortable place. Have you ever noticed that the popular majority decision is almost always the one that makes its appeal to our physical comfort & ease? If what we are about to make a decision on is based upon our being able to kick back & relax on anything other then God’s grace our red flags ought to be up.
  • Vs. 13 TRUSTED IN IDEAL CIRCUMSTANCES: We place far too much importance in our decision making on fickle circumstances. In other words we place our faith on fate instead of our fate on faith!  

You combine “impatience” with “being persuaded by the popular majority” & through in placing our “faith on fate” & you are always going to find yourselves in a “typhoon trial”.  The question is what do you do if it’s to late & your voyage looks as if it’s going to become a shipwreck? Well we are going to see how Paul made his decisions in the remainder of this chapter & what’s cool to me is that no matter how we have gotten ourselves into a typhoon trial God can cause us to gain great spiritual growth as we go through it. 


Vs. 21-26 Blown away

Vs. 21 It could well be said that “by crisis a person is not made but by a crisis we will see what a person is made of!” Paul had started this voyage in mid August & by now it was mid November. Here then are the facts:

  • The Journey that started off with “contrary winds” was now a typhoon trial & all hope was gone.
  • The trial could have been avoided had they only listened to his council earlier but they made the decision to sail as we saw based upon impatience, the popular majority & placing their faith on fate.
  • Paul boarded the ship in Caesarea as a prisoner but when the ship was in open seas, when neither sun nor stars appeared for days, he becomes for all practical purposes the captain.

Based upon this verse & verse 27 it had been 14 days since they left Fair Havens for the comfort of Phoenix on what (borrowing from Giligan’s Island) was to be only a “Three hour tour”. They had not eaten since & the question comes to mind, why? A lot of times when people go through typhoon trials they may abstain from food in a fast seeking God. But based upon the text (plenty of grain on board & verse 33 they do eat) with the ruff seas & all I think it is safe to say that they weren’t seeking God they were just (pardon the pun) literally sick of the situation.

            Have you ever experienced that? The situation that you find yourself in has caused you to lose your appetite? I know what your thinking, “Obviously that has not happened to you very much!” Worry & anxiety can cause all sorts of physical disorders can’t it? But look carefully at how Paul responds to this crisis.

  1. “Paul stood in the midst of them”: The words in the Greek not only describe his physically coming forward but in contrast to those that didn’t. In times of crisis the one that leads is the one that comes forward & stands in contrast to all the others that don’t & say’s “Follow me!” How about it, when you are facing a crisis do you stand around & say, “Some one ought to do something about this!” Where am I going with this? Well it’s simple the first right decision Paul made was to stand up in the midst of a crisis! Oh don’t under estimate the importance of that, the world is waiting for YOU to stand up in the midst of the chaos & say, “Not on my watch!”
  2. “Men, you should have listened to me, and not have sailed from Crete and incurred this disaster and loss.” Ok I know how this verse looks Paul is getting his, “I told you so, in.” But again in the Greek it is “It was necessary for you listen to me not to set sail.” Paul mentioned the wisdom of his former counsel in order to induce acceptance of his present advice. So then here is the second right decision Paul did in a crisis “instill confidence through communication.” Paul had already made the right decision to stand up but he still need to get others to follow, so he reminds them that he was right once & that not following his leadership had gotten them into their present typhoon trial. Just how did Paul instill confidence through his communication so that others would follow? Well we see four things here:
  3. Vs. 22, 25 Encouraged them: Twice in five verses Paul says, “take heart or be of good courage”. Paul communicated by stating, “It’s going to be alright!” Now it’s interesting that he starts out by saying that, then in verses 22b –24 gives the reason why he is so confident. In other words it does no good to tell a person to cheer up with out giving them reasons why they can! Often times during a time of great difficulty you will hear someone say, “I know that you have lost everything but you still have each other.” What they are doing is exactly what Paul did here, “You all are going to make it & only the vehicle that got you here is going to get destroyed.” If the worst thing that could happen is the loss of life & that’s not going to happen then already things are looking up!
  4. Vs. 23 Gave them perspective: Paul had been exposed to the same perils they had but he was comforted by the presence of God in the midst of the typhoon trial. In other words God did not take him from the pressure of the trial rather Paul had the assurance of God’s presence in the midst of it. In the darkest of nights all hope that they would be saved given up, the presence of the Lord stands by him. Here’s where I’m going with this so pay attention, we often think when we have given up all hope that we are going to be saved that what we need is the pressure to change in order to gain perspective on our situation. But what we really need is not a change in the situation but rather the assurance of God’s presence in the midst of it. In the 139th Psalm David comes to this realization when he writes, “Where can I go from Your Spirit? Or where can I flee from Your presence? If I ascend into heaven, You are there; If I make my bed in hell, behold, You are there. If I take the wings of the morning, And dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea, Even there Your hand shall lead me, And Your right hand shall hold me. If I say, “Surely the darkness shall fall on me,” Even the night shall be light about me; Indeed, the darkness shall not hide from You, But the night shines as the day; The darkness and the light are both alike to You.” Simply put it is assurance that God is standing with us in our situation that gives us perspective not being removed from it.
  5. Vs. 24 Showed the Process not just the victory: Notice this, Paul did not portray himself as one that never struggled as they did. No, in the words of the angel of God clearly Paul had been afraid & doubted God’s ability to keep His word. Other wise the angel of the Lord would not have said “Stop being afraid….you must be brought before Caesar.” What this reveals is that Paul was experiencing the same emotional hopelessness in the situation as they were presently & that God’s presence changed his heart. Simply put Paul showed that, “If God can change my heart He can change yours too!”  I love the fact here in verse 24 that the angel of the Lord told Paul that God had granted to him all who sailed with him. It reveals to things:
  6. Paul was praying for his shipmates.
  7. God was going to save them based upon His grace. The word, “granted” in Greek is literally “graced”. They were going to be saved from harm because of God’s grace.  
  8. Vs. 25-26 Showed that the key to a calm heart was trust in God not the situation.: Here in this verse we have a great definition of what it means to have trust in God & His Word, “I believe God that it will be just as it was told me.” Did you notice that Paul does not say, “I believe in the existence of God”? Instead Paul is declaring his total confidence in God & His promises seeing in His Word. And when did Paul declare such trust? Well when all hope of being saved was lost! Now look at verse 26 in light of Paul’s trust in God & His Word. Paul says, “Hey, the circumstances are not what you base your hope & confidence on.” Oh to God that we would learn to trust God not only WHEN there is no other hope but rather BECAUSE there is no other hope! Let me put it to you this way, “We always interpret our situations but what we know to be true about God & not interpret who God is based upon our circumstances!”

So Paul communicated four things that made people want to follow him:

  • Encouragement: God’s in control
  • Perspective: God’s with us
  • Progress: God’s at work in me
  • Truth: God will do what He said He wouldHis HH   

I challenge you to write those four things down so that you can easily find them in order to remind yourself of the hope you have in Christ! 


Vs. 27-38 Don’t jump ship

Vs. 27-29 A British sailor named James Smith wrote a book called “The Voyage & Shipwreck of St. Paul” based upon his discoveries. He found that the drift of a ship of that size in those conditions would travel 36 miles in 24 hours. The distance of the Island of Clauda (verse 16) which is right off of Crete to the eastern tip of Malta (28:1) is 476.6 miles, which at the rate of speed would have taken them 13 days one hour & 21 minutes to reach this place. Again based upon those calculations a ship leaving Clauda in the evening would have reached about three miles off the shore of Malta around midnight of the 14th day right at what is called today, “”St. Paul’s Bay”! Now they probably could hear in the distance the pounding of the surf & as they took soundings they found that they were at 120 feet then as then sailed a little farther in the dark they found that they were at 90 feet. So they dropped anchors from the stern in order to keep the bow pointed towards the shore & prayed that daylight would come before they drifted onto the rocks.

Vs. 30-32 Here we see yet another way Paul demonstrated good decisions, He sweated the details! Look at these verses carefully & it reveals that Paul stayed on top of what was going on. As the sailors sought to save their own lives at the expense of every one else Paul noticed that they pretended to need the small life boat to stretch out or lay out the anchors in front of the ship. But Paul thought, “Hey wait a minute if we set anchors in front of the ship that will cause the bow to head out to sea instead towards shore.”  So Paul springs into action & lets the centurion Julius know what was going on & that if the sailors leave every body will be in jeopardy.

            Now here is an interesting section of scripture in dealing with God’s promises & human responsibility, or if you will in theological terms “predestination & freewill”. In verse 24 God promised Paul that every life would be spared & that only the property would be lost but here Paul clearly warns Julius that unless the sailors stayed aboard he would not be saved. You see God’s promise includes mans responsibility to obey His commands. God’s promise to Paul never canceled out the sailor’s responsibility to obey & just because God announced the end result prior to it happen does not lesson all that were aboard the ships responsibility to stay upon the ship. The bottom-line? Stay aboard Jesus & don’t jump ship & if you have to cut away any means of escape!  

Vs. 33-34 Here is another way Paul showed good decisions, They were very practical! Paul did not just say, “Hey, fellows that Lord is in this so don’t worry!” No, he said, “Hey guys the Lord is in this so you need to prepare yourselves so that He can work through you.” All to often we tend to say things like, “Well it’s all going to work out some way or the other!” Instead clearly Paul believed that the Lord was going to keep His word but he also approached this with common since. There are far to many Christians out there who believe that trust in God means that we don’t do anything & that’s not at all what it means. Rather it means that we allow Him to work through us!

Vs. 35-38 I love the fact that Paul led by example & what was that example? Well it’s found in the word “gave thanks” which is the word we get our English word Eucharist from. Now I’m suggesting that Paul had communion with them rather I’m suggesting that Paul thanked the Lord for His provision in front of them all. In other words Paul demonstrated his decision-making ability by showing that he recognized that the Lord was the only One providing for his well being!

            So how did Paul respond to this crisis? Well we have seen by:

  • standing up in the midst of a crisis
  • instilling confidence through communication
  • sweating the details
  • being very practical
  • recognizing that the Lord was the One providing

Vs. 39-44 Saved surfers

Vs. 39-42 Now I find it interesting that daylight did not immediately change the fact that they still did not know where they were but neither did it change how they were going to respond. In fact the their circumstances got worse not better. They are prepared to make it to shore in the ship & lighten the load as well as hoist the main sail & aimed for the beech, all of which were right decisions. But things don’t work out according to their plan but they were working out according to what the Lord told Paul that no loss of life only the ship. Here’s my point if their confidence was in their decision-making then they would have been bummed out & would have acted as they did, (to kill the prisoners). Folk’s obstacles will come at us even when we make good godly plans. Our ship will run aground, become immovable & break apart between to seas at times. And we will have some planning our destruction as well but God will always have a “centurion” who will save us & provide means of escape. Some times we will have to “swim” to shore, some will get to surf on “boards” other will hang onto “broken pieces of ship”. But I guarantee as you trust Jesus all will escape safely to land.

            Hey Christian you maybe here today & reading this text your feeling a bit like you were on this ship. Perhaps your feeling like everything is going wrong in your life. May I suggest to you to turn to Jesus as Paul clearly did in the midst of his typhoon trial if you do you will find out that though “Everything is going wrong it will all turn out alright in Him!”