December 16, 2019

December 16

Running with Jesus

Acts 27:13-15  And when the south wind blew softly, supposing that they had obtained their purpose, loosing thence, they sailed close by Crete.  But not long after there arose against it a tempestuous wind, called Euroclydon.  And when the ship was caught, and could not bear up into the wind, we let her drive.

      Yesterday Paul had told the captain it would be rough sailing so what did they do? Pulled up the anchors and headed out and sure enough the winds began to blow and their ship was no longer under their control.

     This is exactly what happens when we pull up the Biblical anchors for our souls. This is what happens the moment we begin to believe the lies of Satan over the Word of God. He will entice us to pull up our anchors one at a time. When we begin to go against the first principle, Satan says, "Surely this will not hurt!"' or He slyly gets you to believe his words are your thoughts. Look at America, she was like Titanic, big and strong. One day the enemy hit people to believe that one curse word in a movie would be okay! Wrong!  that one tolerant act opened the door for filth to move in. What men use to slip around to peak in magazines is now on public display in malls with the title "secrets"'. We don't have to leave home to see these things, turn on the one eyed monster! 

     This all started when we pulled up the anchors one by one, trapped in the wind. If we plan on surviving we better return to the anchor, God's Word! 

It's us it's us O’ Lord, standing in the need of prayer! Father help us to know how to help our Nation return to You! Help them to listen to truth. Let Your Word be read in public place and help people to see when they stop using their anchors their lives will be tossed around in life's sea. 

      Please throw down your anchors and stop pulling them in! 

Tomorrow: The storm won’t go away!

Judy Hollaway

Originally penned 2015