📖 And when neither sun nor stars were visible for many days and no small tempest kept raging about us, all hope of our being saved was finally abandoned. Then as they had eaten nothing for a long time, Paul came forward into their midst and said, Men, you should have listened to me, and should not have put to sea from Crete and brought on this disaster and harm and misery and loss. But [even] now I beg you to be in good spirits and take heart, for there will be no loss of life among you but only of the ship. For this [very] night there stood by my side an angel of the God to Whom I belong and Whom I serve and worship, And he said, Do not be frightened, Paul! It is necessary for you to stand before Caesar; and behold, God has given you all those who are sailing with you. So keep up your courage, men, for I have faith (complete confidence) in God that it will be exactly as it was told me; ⎯Acts 27:20-25 Amplified Bible Classic Edition
Paul’s situation looked very bleak. It looked as if he and the other prisoners were going to perish at sea. Paul had every right to give up, but he received a word from heaven. An angel told him that he along with everyone on the ship would be saved. When Paul heard from the angel, he had a decision to make. He could have thought he was hallucinating and disregarded the message that he received. Instead, he chose to believe God. He chose to believe what the angel said, regardless of what it looked like. That is how we must respond when our circumstances contradict the Word of God. If God said it, then we believe. We believe that it will be exactly as it was told to us. If God said He would meet the need, the need is met. If God tells us that we are healed, we believe that we are healed. We are faith people of a faith God. We trust our Father. Our faith is in His integrity.
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