Don't look down!
“Tough times never last but tough people do!” Robert Schuller
What often happens when someone advises us ‘don’t look down!’ – we look. Paul could have been disappointed that his appeal to Caesar did not deliver him to freedom but rather to Prison. Paul’s appeal to Herod Agrippa launched him on a trek to Rome – to meet the Caesar! Paul heard the promise of God to get him to Rome – just had no way of guessing how God would do it. This same promise sustains him during a perilous journey across the Mediterranean Sea. Through a deadly storm and ending with a shipwreck that God used to display His loving care and providence. Sunday we will talk about trusting God when we see danger and trusting God when we do not see any solutions. In the storm He is there – in the midst of enemies He is there – even in the shipwrecks of life He is there!
My favorite quote here is the John Flavel quote below – a little heady but so true! See you Sunday – come dressed as a worshipper who is really a student!
Pastor Mike
“The providence of God is like a Hebrew word – it can only be read backwards.” John Flavel