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INTRODUCTION
At the time of our text, scripture tells us that Paul was in serious trouble; so much trouble that it placed his life and the lives of others around him in mortal danger.
For we are told that they were on a small ship caught up in the midst of a storm.
Now this was not Paul’s only trouble, you bible readers are aware that he had trouble before they encountered the storm.
You see he had already been arrested and he was on his way to Rome to stand trial.
And now he’s on this ship caught up in the midst of a turbulent and life threatening storm; which was more trouble!
And isn’t that just like life; sometimes before we can put one problem to rest, you find yourself assaulted by another.
I can tell you from my own experience that the problems of life can sometimes come upon us and before we can get one thing straightened out, we are bombarded with another.
And no one can better testify to that fact than Job.
Job as you may recall faced a series of problems that came one behind another.
He hadn’t gotten over the trauma and the awesome impact of the first problem before he was hit with another problem.
And before he could really come to grips with the first and second problem, he was then assaulted by a third one.
And the problems just kept on coming.
Sometimes, my brothers and sisters, life is just like that old saying: "When it rains, it pours".
And for that reason Job said in Job 14:1, "Man that is born of a woman is of a few days and full of trouble".
And as it was with Job so it was here in the text.
We find Paul in major trouble.
[If a can put a pen here quickly and tell you, just because you are a child of God does not mean you will not have trouble.]
The question we must answer this morning is not will storms come, but how should we respond when the storms come?
And just in case there is someone looking at me right now, who finds themselves in the midst of a storm, I submit to you this morning, my brothers and sisters, DON’T GIVE UP IN THE STORM.
There are some lessons that we can learn from this episode in the life of the apostle Paul that I believe can serve as tools that can/will help us when we encounter our individual storms.
First thing we can learn is:
THEY DID NOT LISTEN
Now before they set sail from the island of Crete, Paul had already told the captain, “I don’t think you ought to make this trip, at least not now.
I hope you will wait a little while longer.
I know the itinerary…
…I know that there are prisoners
…in addition to myself that you
…have to deliver to various places;
...but I wish you would wait a while.
For Paul said, “I perceive that it would be life threatening if you set sail right now.”
But the captain disregarded what Paul had to say.
Don’t look around now, but there are so many in our day and time that ignore the things that the preacher has to say.
There are those who frequent the pew Sunday after Sunday, who are not listening to a thing that is being preached.
...many people make true the words of the O'Jays
…That says, “Your body's here with me
…But your mind is on
...the other Side of town?”
…You do know that some
…people are at church
…but they are not really in church!
My brothers and sisters, there is a danger in missing the message.
So often, my brothers and sisters, the warning is given, but because we were not listening, We find ourselves in stormy situations.
I can go beyond the preacher and say there are some people in here right now who wish they had listened to their mother, father, grandma and granddaddy when they said don't do something.
Not only did they miss the message.
DEPARTED TOO SOON
But I can’t really criticize the captain too much; if I am to be totally honest, there have been times in my life, when I have departed too soon.
Now what constitutes launching out too soon?
Well I can break it down as simply as this; you’re launching out too soon when you do something before God says do it…
…When you jump into something
....without God’s endorsement;
…without God’s direction;
…and without God’s blessing;
…that's moving too soon!
In fact, sometimes what we want to do God doesn’t have it for us at all.
It may not even be in God’s will for our life.
And then sometimes although He has it for us, He doesn’t have that for us right now; because He knows us better than we know ourselves and for that reason He knows where our spiritual level is where it needs to be.
…HE knows if we haven’t matured in Christ
…we are not ready to launch out right now;
…therefore, while it may be true that
…the LORD has this for you
…it may not be right now!
But because they refused to listen they launched out to soon.
And shortly after their launching, they fell into the midst of a raging storm.
The storm is identified in verse 14 of the King James Version says, it was called Euroclydon.
Now that storm was an awful storm.
That storm was the granddaddy of all storms.
It was a wind of great fury that came out of the Northeast.
It came howling like ten thousand wolves.
The sound of it was eerie…
…frightening
…and it would do terrible things
…to the waves;
…it would aggravate the sea;
…it would cause the sea
…to become rough and turbulent!
And ships that were caught in this typhoon like situation found themselves being kicked like footballs from one wave to the other.
And giant waves that were higher than the ship would beat against the ship.
Water would splash upon those on board.
And the men on board the ship would be rolling about and tossed to and fro like marbles on a concrete floor and rising up and down like a see-saw.
And they were in this life threatening situation all because they (1) didn’t listen; and they (2) launched out too soon.
But to make matters worse:
THE STORM LASTED A LONG TIME
For this storm didn’t just last a few days.
It lasted fourteen days to be exact; now when it first started the crew members hoped with all that was within them that it would soon pass over.
But it didn’t.
And there is somebody in here that’s is in a storm right now and it's not a storm that has been around just a little while, but you’ve been in that storm for a long time.
And you hoped so much that it would soon pass over.
But here it is still raging.
And in some of our lives rather than the storm getting better, in spite of all of our prayers…
…in spite of all that we’ve done
…that storm is still ragging and getting worse.
Someone I tell you is in one of life’s storms.
Now the storms of life can come in so many ways…
…Storms can get in your home
…and cause turbulence for you in your family;
…storms can get in the church;
…to cause an entire congregation to fall apart
…storms can affect our health;
…one bad report from the doctor
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