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[crazy… @2019_MyYear]

When Scottie Barnes genuinely broke the 4th wall after not getting the foul😭😭

[Christine Brejcha-Beach @ChristineBrejc1]

If you think Paul's shipwreck was just a survival story, you missed why the storm was allowed.

Acts 27 is one of the most terrifying travel log in the Bible. Paul is under custody, going to Rome to testify. Jesus had already told him in Acts 23:11 that he Paul would testify in Rome. So this trip was not a mistake. Paul is in the center of God's will. And yet, he sails straight into a hurricane called Euroclydon.

We like to think that if we are "in the will of God," the sun will shine and the wind will be at our backs. But here is the great Apostle Paul, perfectly in God's will, and yet that doesn't cancel the storm but rather anchors him in it.

Paul warned them earlier, but the centurion listened to the captain instead. Then the hurricane hit. For 14 days, they saw no sun, no stars. They started throwing their own gear overboard, probably writing their death notes. When seasoned sailors start dismantling their own ship, hope is officially gone. Survival level has reached critical point.

The situation was humanly impossible to manage. But in the middle of the chaos, Paul stands up, and calmly told them that an angel of God he belonged to stood beside him, and told him not to be afraid, that he’d stand before Caesar, and because he was there, God had "granted" him the lives of everyone on board. Such audacity of faith.

Their survival was tied to a prisoner. Paul was in chains, yet Heaven was backing his presence. Obedience did not calm the sea, but it surely secured the outcome. The ship was smashed by the waves, and soldiers almost executed the prisoners. But all 276 reached land.

God didn’t save the ship, but the people. Sometimes you're praying for the business, the plan, Ministry or the image to stay intact. But the proof you were sent isn't a "smooth ride"; it’s "preservation" in the chaos. Take note of that. Your comfort may be destroyed, but your calling won't.

And it doesn’t end at the shore. It got even worse.

On Malta, shivering by a fire, a viper latches onto Paul’s hand. The locals immediately assumed he was a dead man walking. First a storm, now venom. But to their amazement, Paul just shook it off into the fire and went on with his business. To him, since Jesus said he would be in Rome, there was ABSOLUTELY NOTHING that could destroy him. He believed Jesus 100% despite the deadly experiences.

See, Your obedience might be shielding people who don't even know your name. Your presence in that office, that family, or that crisis might be the only reason the whole thing hasn't gone under yet. You think you’re barely surviving, but Heaven sees it differently: "I’m keeping them because you’re there."

Obedience doesn't stop the ship from breaking. It just keeps you steady while everything else tears loose. So when your ship in life is wrecked by storms of failure, disappointment, heartbreak, sickness, and loss, and you’re standing on the shore breathing, don't call it luck, remember the promises Jesus gave you in the Word.

Are you mourning the comfort God allowed to break, or are you allowing Him use the wreckage to reach souls and get them to shore?

#Christianity #BiblicalTruth #StormsOfLife #Survival

Ellis Enobun

[SEC, and CWC Champions @IOnlySayFacts]

All time quote and this might not even be a top 5 Michael Irvin quote

[$B @BrendanDaGawd]

bouta step out

[freia @freialobo]

One of my longest standing hobbies is thinking about whether I should get an iPad. It’s not about the iPad it’s about imagining the alternate life I might live as someone who has an iPad. Love to wonder about it

[Miles @mtvsthewrld_]

When Squid Game USA got us running 5v5 & I got a 47 year old mom of 4 checking me in crunch time

[🐳 @2001V01]

"We got bigger fish to fry" is lowkey rs

If I had a bigger fish I'd fry dat
one

Cuz of the flavor

[justin serb-ert 🇷🇸🍉 @markocantdunk]

Daily affirmations:

- I’m not chopped
- my jumper is wet
- that noise my car is making isn’t a big deal
- my friends don’t hate me
- I will not miss fast break layups
- my fits are hard

[✧.* @HoodiiBron]

Whole legacy on the line man

[Roidie @Roidie_]

Until next time, Luke from the Outdoor Boys Youtube channel.

[Rami @ramijayd]

drifting in raid

#s13 #240sx #jdm

[Andy McBroom @AndyJMacc]

When somebody asks me to go out after 9 PM

[RubbaBandGrant 🇭🇹 @RubbBandGrant]

I got a homeboy so greedy he can look at a group of cooked hot dogs just like this, and tell you exactly what brand they are without seeing the label

[Kyzick Schweppe @KTS_04]

Cutting down the net on your driveway hoop when your team wins the natty. Perhaps one of the greatest moves of all time @CouldBeTheMove

[Null @Vhoyde]

The recipes aren't being lost 🙏🏿

[Brett Usher @UsherNBA]

Evil Twin

[IcyVert @IcyVert]

THEY ARE DROPPING THE LeALBUM