SHIPWRECKED WITH A MESSAGE

​JUST WANTED YOU TO TAKE A MINUTE TO PUT YOURSELF IN THE SHOES OF SOME OF THE DISCIPLES THAT WERE TRUE PIONEERS. PAUL WAS SHIPWRECKED WITH A MESSAGE. NUMEROUS TIMES THE MAGISTRATES THAT HE WAS DELIVERED TO ADVISED THAT THEY DIDN’T SEE CAUSE TO PUT HIM TO DEATH BUT THERE WERE SOME THAT INSISTED BECAUSE SPIRITUALLY IT WAS THE LORD’S WILL THAT HE GO BEFORE CAESAR. CAN YOU IMAGINE ALREADY BEING NERVOUS BECAUSE THERE ARE PEOPLE YOU ARE DELIVERED TO WHO HAVE THE POWER AND AUTHORITY TO PUT YOU TO DEATH? YOU’VE GOT A MESSAGE FROM THE LORD AND YET THE PEOPLE ALREADY THINK YOU’RE GUILTY, GUILTY, GUILTY. THEY THROW YOU ON A SHIP WITH OTHERS WHO ARE GUILTY OF SOMETHING TOO. WILL THEY LISTEN? THEY THINK YOU’RE WASTING YOUR TIME. THEY THINK YOU’RE GOING WHERE NO MAN DESIRE TO GO. YOU’RE EXPECTING THE POSSIBILITY OF DEATH ONCE YOU DELIVER YOUR MESSAGE TO CAESAR. HOWEVER, ON THE WAY TO YOUR DESTINATION YOU’RE SHIPWRECKED THINKING THIS IS NOT PART OF THE PLAN. I DIDN’T SEE THINGS HAPPENING THIS WAY. LORD, WHAT DIDN’T I DO RIGHT? IT WASN’T YOUR PLAN BUT IT WAS HIS PLAN! THE WATER IS COLD AND IT’S DEEP. PIECES EVERYWHERE. YOU COULD MAKE AN ATTEMPT TO ESCAPE BUT YOU TURN YOURSELF BACK IN AND SAY WE’RE ALL HERE. TO BE SHIPWRECKED ON A MISSION NOT KNOWING WHAT THE END RESULT IS GOING TO BRING. IT’S NOT WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE AND YET AT THE SAME TIME IT IS ABSOLUTELY WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE! WHAT A MESS! WHAT SEEMS LIKE AN EPIC FAILURE…A DISASTER. IT LOOKS LIKE JESUS IS NOT THERE. WHERE IS YOUR GOD NOW, THEY ARE THINKING. THE HURT, THE PAIN, THE TEARS…IT’S THERE. ALL THE WHILE BUILDING UP YOUR MOST HOLY FAITH IN A PLACE THAT SEEMS LIKE FAITH IS NOT ESTABLISHED. THE END RESULT…THE COMPLETE GLORY OF GOD. STAY THE COURSE. CHRIST IS A FINISHER. HE WILL DO WHAT HE SAID HE WOULD DO.

• A GODCHASER