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Sometimes Things Fall Apart
Text: Acts 27: 20-
Hangout in verse 22
The book of Acts records the three missionary journeys of Apostle Paul.
After his conversation on the road to Damascus, Paul is assigned by God and by the power of the Holy Spirit.
To travel throughout the Greco-Roman world preaching the good news of Jesus Christ.
In chapter 27, Paul is on a ship headed to Rome, and this ship has had problems from day one.
· Storm after storm, contrary wind after contrary wind, mechanical difficulties after mechanical difficulties.
· They had to reroute and go around islands navigate around rocks; this ship was plagued with bad luck.
And in these verses, I read for you Paul had been giving a word that he has to share with everyone on the ship.
· It’s a word that no one wants to hear
Paul gets up in the middle of a storm and says-- this is what I have to say
· This ship is not going to make it
· The vessel we are in isn’t going to take us where we need to go.
· The thing we’ve given ourselves to will not survive
· I know you’ve been praying, and I know you’ve been fasting
But God wants you to know that sometimes the ship you are on will not make it.
· That’s not the word I want to hear.
· I want to hear God say it’s going to be alright
· That I’m going to make it through this
· I want to hear if you just hold on a little longer, you are going to make it
But sometimes, God gives you undeniable evidence that the ship you are on is not going to make it.
· That this thing is about to end
· That it’s about to be broken up
· This thing will not make it where you thought it would take you
· That this thing is about to go down, and at some time or another, you will have to get off because this ship is going down.
I know you want me to give you a prophetic word:
· That things are working out, but sometimes the word from God is… it’s falling apart!
And the reason it was hard for the sailors to receive that word is the same reason someone has a problem, receiving this word today!
· Because they had high confidence in the ship… No one gets on a ship that’s going to fall apart!
· If you knew it would end like that, you would have never said--- I do!
· If you knew that it would have gone down like this, you never would have started
· If you knew they were going to lay you off, you never would’ve taken the job
· If you knew they would stab you in the back, you never would’ve befriended them
· If you knew that child wasn’t going to do what you thought they would, you would have done something different
· Nobody gets on a ship thinking it’s going to fall apart!
But you know what’s the hardest thing to accept… When you been praying for the ship and it is still falling apart
· Have you ever prayed about something, and it still fell apart?
· You had dreams of happily ever after!
· You had dreams of sailing into your golden years
· And you find yourself at this stage of your life--- To find out the ship won’t make it
It’s hard because they had high hopes
· It was hard because they were skilled sailors.
· They weren’t freshman sailors
· This wasn’t their first rodeo
· They have sailed through storms before
And they believed they could save the ship when God said no!
· Some of you are quiet because you think you have the skills to save the ship
· And the reason it’s hard for someone to digest--- is because your pride says everything is going to be alright
· That as long as you give it your all, you are going to survive
That if you go to:
· Therapy
· Talk things out
· Pray that everything will be alright
· But sometimes God’s word is… no, this ship is falling apart
I don’t care:
· How wise you’re
· How much money you have?
· How much skill set you have?
· You cannot save what God is allowing to fall apart!
It’s hard for the sailors to let the ship fall apart because--- it had been through so much before.
I find it hard for me to accept that things have fallen apart because:
· I had been through the storms
· Through the winds
· Been through rough waters
· I’ve forgiven too much
· I’ve cried to much
· I’ve reconciled to much
· But the problem is that we have experienced the pain, and we tell ourselves we’ve been through too much
· We’ve been through hell, and after you’ve been through hell, the ship should not break up now
And it’s hard to hear the Lord say… The ship is breaking up!
But what you should be asking God, why is the ship breaking up?
· Why are you allowing this?
· Why so much pain
· Why won't God fix everything we prayed for
· Why doesn’t God save me
Why does God allow things to fall apart?
Can I tell y’all why Paul’s ship is falling apart?
· Because God told them back in Crete not to sail!
· I don’t care how much you prayed
· How skillful you are
· Or how much you been through
· The destruction is tied to your disobedience, and because you didn’t heed my word, the ship is falling apart because you didn’t obey what I told you to do.
He says I told you not to sail because winter is coming
Your first problem is
· You sailed in the wrong season
· You are headed in the right direction, but it’s not the right time, and because you are not moving in God’s time
This was not the time to set sail.
It was the time to sit still, and not only did you not sit still, but you also got on the wrong ship!
Watch this: God did not tell them to get on this ship; it was at the port and was getting ready to set sail, so they got on it.
· This wasn't what they prayed for; this was what they found
· God didn't ordain it; they found it
· And when you are on something that you found, and God did not ordain, you can't help but watch it fall apart.
Because if you found it--- That was something you wanted, and God did not tell you to get on, and if you found it, you can't help but watch it fall apart
But!! I got some good news for someone who is on a ship that is falling apart; this is the easiest Amen of the sermon.
· Here's what the Lord said.... Paul, the ship you are on won't make it, but you will!
· The ship won't survive, but you will
· The ship won't make it to Rome, but you will
· Because my hand isn't on the ship, but it's on you!
If you believe that-- tell someone, I'm going to make it
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