Lighten the Load (Thought-Provoking Thursday)

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Tonight at the midweek service, the sermon was about storms.  At one point, we turned in our Bibles to Acts 27 where Paul is on a ship that is in peril.  The waves are threatening to thrash the boat into the rocks, so some of the sailors try to jump into a lifeboat to escape to safety.  Paul warns the seamen that if they abandon ship all will be lost.  So, they lighten the load and cut the lifeboats loose.

This really defies all reason, right?  I would be the first one in the lifeboat.  Get me off of the ship and on to dry land.

But the fact is that God had promised Paul that He would make it to Rome.  He didn’t say it would be on a smooth ocean though.

I’ve been thinking about those lifeboats all night long.  I’ve been thinking about how I try to escape the storm on vessels manned by self-sufficiency.

I need to lighten the load.

How about you?

Something to think about…

 

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