Acts 27:33-38

Believe God. 

Believe in His power to guide you, protect you and keep you safe. Trust in the news about the Coronavirus and listen to the guidelines that are established…Pray for those in control to be directly guided by Him for our benefit. Celebrate communion in your home daily. In the manner that you believe…you receive. He cares for you. Remember to give Him thanks for His covering on you.

This is a teaching moment from Holy Spirit listen carefully!

Be as wise as the serpent BUT as gentle as the dove.

While the soldiers did not listen to Paul before, now they follow his advice. Paul sets an example by thanking God for providing both food and safety. The ship continues its voyage against Paul’s advice, and he is soon proven correct. The ship’s crew gives up hope, but Paul receives a vision that nobody will die. God has ordained that Paul will testify in Rome and shows favor to all aboard the ship because of Paul. Faithlife Bible.

Paul had been given absolute assurance by the all-powerful and all-knowing God that no one would be lost on the ship. Yet Paul warned that if the sailors were successful in escaping from the ship, the Roman soldiers would lose their lives. Because of Paul’s comments, the soldiers stopped the sailors from leaving the ship and everyone made it ashore alive. God fulfilled His purpose and promise through the warnings of Paul and the choices of the soldiers. NKJ Bible.

Acts 27:33-38

33 And as day was about to dawn, Paul implored them all to take food, saying, “Today is the fourteenth day you have waited and continued without food, and eaten nothing. 34 Therefore I urge you to take nourishment, for this is for your survival, since not a hair will fall from the head of any of you.” 35 And when he had said these things, he took bread and gave thanks to God in the presence of them all; and when he had broken it he began to eat. 36 Then they were all encouraged, and also took food themselves. 37 And in all we were two hundred and seventy-six persons on the ship. 38 So when they had eaten enough, they lightened the ship and threw out the wheat into the sea.