Good morning. Today we are
looking at psalm 31. For You are my rock and my fortress; for Your name's sake
You will lead me and guide me. Never fear, God will always lead and guide you.
Why – for His name's sake. Today people want guidance; and when they see you
making good decisions, they will want to have the same source. They want to
believe that there is some spiritual source that will guide them. You can be
that shining light. Then they will ask you how do you do it? Then you can tell
them about God being your source. Verse four: You will pull me out of the net
which they have secretly laid for me. Sometimes nonbelievers set traps for
Christians. But just like they said of Elisha - The prophet who is in Israel
tells the king of Israel the words that you speak in your bedroom. Even so God
will tell you what they are saying in secret to trap you. Verse 15: my times
are in Your hand. Everything concerning your life is in God's hands. He will
make His face to shine upon you.19: how great is Your goodness, which You have
stored up for those who fear You. He has stored up many great things for you
because that is where your treasure is - in the secret place of His presence.
Father help the reader to continually trust in You to guide and direct him/her;
to make his/her paths smooth; and to supply all his/her needs.
When considerable time had passed and the voyage was now dangerous, since even the fast was already over, Paul began to admonish them to not continue, because he perceived that not only would there be a loss of the cargo but also of their lives.
Good morning. When it was decided that we would sail for Italy, they proceeded to deliver Paul and some other prisoners to a centurion. Notice that “we“ returns. Luke has not been mentioned during the entire two years that Paul was at Caesarea. I guess it is safe to assume that he was in the area during this time. We will leave out the names of a bunch of places where they passed. They had sailed for a good many days and began to have trouble with the wind. This was a warning of what was about to happen. When considerable time had passed and the voyage was now dangerous, since even the fast (Day of Atonement) was already over, Paul began to admonish them to not continue, because he perceived that not only would there be a loss of the cargo but also of their lives. The centurion was more persuaded by the pilot and the captain of the ship than by what was being said by Paul. They did not want to get stuck for the winter in the port where they were located. They actually were only g...
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