07.27.2014 New Testament: Acts 27.21–26

To read the Bible in a year, read Acts 27.1–25 on July 27, In the year of our Lord 2014

By Don Ruhl

As Paul traveled with about two hundred seventy-five other people on a ship on the way to Rome, they ran into a severe storm, and no one would eat. However, an angel appeared to Paul, revealing what would happen,

But after long abstinence from food, then Paul stood in the midst of them and said, “Men, you should have listened to me, and not have sailed from Crete and incurred this disaster and loss. And now I urge you to take heart, for there will be no loss of life among you, but only of the ship. For there stood by me this night an angel of the God to whom I belong and whom I serve, saying, ‘Do not be afraid, Paul; you must be brought before Caesar; and indeed God has granted you all those who sail with you.’ Therefore take heart, men, for I believe God that it will be just as it was told me. However, we must run aground on a certain island” (Acts 27.21–26). 

Notice in those words, that Paul referred to the God to whom he belonged, and whom he served. Paul knew that he did not own himself, but he had his very breath to serve the God of heaven.