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We’ve recently been looking at the ministry of Timothy as he was leading the churches in Ephesus. Paul was not there himself because he had been arrested, had appealed to Caesar and was on his way to Rome to make his appeal.
Let’s pick up Paul’s story and the lessons of faith that come out of it. Paul had determined to go to Jerusalem, eager to share the gospel with his fellow Jews, but they didn’t exactly receive him warmly. A crowd took hold of him intending to kill him, but a Roman commander got word of it and rushed down with some soldiers and took Paul into protective custody.
When the Roman commander heard there was a plot against Paul, he sent him to the Roman governor at Caesarea. He was kept as a prisoner there for two years yet was never charged with any wrongdoing. Finally, because he was a Roman citizen, he appealed to Caesar.
Paul was put in the charge of a Roman centurion named Julius who was responsible to get him to Rome. They set sail from Caesarea, but along the way they encountered a storm that raged for two full weeks. Can you imagine being in a first century sailing ship in the middle of the Mediterranean fighting a hurricane force storm for two weeks?
All hope was gradually lost. They had already thrown the ship’s cargo overboard, and then a few days after that they threw the ship’s tackle overboard. But then Paul stood up in their midst and urged them to take courage because an angel of God had assured him that he would stand before Caesar and that God had granted safety to those sailing with him.
So Paul stood up and said, “Keep up your courage, men, for I believe God that it will turn out exactly as I have been told. But we must run aground on a certain island.”
They came to an island about midnight. Fearing they might run aground somewhere on the rocks, they cast four anchors from the stern and wished for daybreak. When day came they observed a certain bay with a beach and decided to drive the ship onto it if they could. Casting off their anchors, they hoisted the foresail to the wind and headed for the beach, but they struck a reef and the prow of the vessel stuck fast. Soon, the force of the waves began to break up the stern of the ship, so they commanded those that could swim to jump overboard and get to land and the rest followed, some on planks, and others on various things from the ship.
Storms and even shipwrecks come in everyone’s life, but storms and shipwrecks don’t have to shipwreck your faith. You can trust God through every stormy gale; you have an anchor for your soul.
In Acts chapter 28, we pick up the story just after they made it safely to shore. They found themselves on the island of Malta; cold, wet, beaten down, weak from exhaustion and being seasick for two weeks. But then we see the favor of God on Paul and therefore on all of them.
What do you do when your ship is broken and you’ve come to the end of yourself?
First, thank God for what you have, and then, begin to rebuild your life on the foundation of God’s heart for you. God is not finished with you. Press on knowing that His favor is still on your life, even if there are shipwrecks and storms. He is the one who brings beauty out of ashes; He will rebuild your life on this sure foundation.

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