Good morning. So far so
good. OK so we are enduring through the testing of our faith. Sometimes people
can endure things but have a bad attitude in doing so. Let endurance have its
perfect results that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.
Wouldn't that be a great label to have – perfect and complete? But what if we
are lacking wisdom? Let him ask of God, who gives to all men generously and
without reproach, and it will be given to him. (remember you don't have because
you don't ask). Of course too many times we only want "wisdom" that
confirms what we already want to do. But as in everything we ask of God – let
him ask in faith without any doubting, for the one who doubts is like the surf
of the sea driven and tossed by the wind. That kind of person is susceptible to
believing anything he hears. That kind of person is mentally
"seasick". Let not that man expect that he will receive anything from
the Lord, being a double minded man, unstable all in all his ways. Too many
times we fire off a request to God, and don't even wait to hear His reply.
Sometimes we are like children – throwing out requests of our parents without
expecting anything to happen; but just hoping against hope that at least one
will be answered. That's not the way God wants us to ask. Father thank You that
the reader has Your wisdom in every circumstance.
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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