December 15

Acts 27-28
I can just picture the raging seas as the ship carrying Paul crashes near the shores of Malta.  For weeks, being buffeted by the winds and waves, taking drastic measures to stay afloat, going without food, and finally having to swim or float on debris to gain land and life!  This is not an adventure one would like to repeat.  Yet, God saw them through and used the situation to support Paul’s witness.  It is our steadfast faith, seen as we patiently endure the storms of life, that demonstrates the reality of our Savior more wondrously than any sermon ever preached from any pulpit.  In the aftermath of a recent school shooting, I read the hopeless remarks of a non-believer who was mocking God for His allowing such a tragedy to take place.  I couldn’t help but think of how terrible it would be to face such horror without faith.  To live through such an unimaginable event, only to have nowhere to turn for solace, no hope for the slain or self!  Despair is the only thing one has to hold on to if they don’t know the Lord.  However, when they can witness the hope, exhibited by the believer in such circumstances, it just might open their eyes to the One who is able to save both the body and the soul!