Good morning,
Acts 27 is one of the most dramatic passages in the Bible. Paul is sailing on a ship to Rome when a storm rocks the seas. The boat is pummeled by wave after wave for several hours. Exhausted, the crew gives up all hope of being saved.
There is a great metaphor tucked in between the lines of this story. Every journey to a new place will have difficult passages. You can’t go to some place new without getting banged up a bit and scared out of your wits. There will be moments when you will be pummeled by waves. Other times when you will be shaken to your core. There will be situations when you are ready to abandon hope too.
Some of you are already questioning your decision to step out into some new adventure in life. What was I thinking? Is it too late to turn back? Someone reading this email is going through a difficult passage at this very moment. You began your day with your head buried in your palms praying a desperate prayer, “God save me.”
This weekend we're going to get a huge dose of inspiration from Paul for times when it feels like our ship is going down. You’ll see him keeping his head when everyone else was losing theirs. He has something that everyone needs to let go of the past and embrace the future.
The message this weekend it called
You're Going to Need This.
See you Sunday,
David Emery
