Sep.14, 2015
MY FRIENDS, PLEASE, PLEASE STAY IN THE BOAT!!!!!
“He who upholds the unnumbered worlds throughout immensity, at the same time cares for the wants of the little brown sparrow that sings its humble song without fear. When men go 
forth to their daily toil, as when they engage in prayer; when they lie down at night, and when they rise in the morning;
when the rich man feasts in his palace, or when the poor man gathers his children about the scanty board, each is tenderly watched by the heavenly Father. No tears are shed that God does not notice. There is no smile that He does not mark.” (E.G. White Steps to Christ pp 86)
My friends we must have faith that God is not overwhelmed with anxiety in trying to figure out how to solve our problems. Our God sees us when we first wake up and start our day as we fall on our knees in the morning and say.
God please have mercy on me today and please continue to let your grace abound within me for I have no idea what lies ahead. All I know is where I was before you found me and then “I 
looked hard at this world to learn how Heaven could be gained Just to end where I began, where human effort is all in vain.”
Then, “were it not for grace, the free and unmerited favor of God,” Unmerited, meaning we do not deserve God’s love or grace. My friends I need you to pull back that curtain today and imagine the world we live in without God’s Grace or unmerited favor, “a time like never before.”
Acts 27 and 28 tells of Paul’s voyage to Rome as a prisoner and a violent storm arises. I will use Paul’s words speaking to the prisoners in relationship to our lives today as we are also in a violent storm, and it is called life.
“As we are being violently storm-tossed, and neither sun nor stars has appeared for many days. Men, and women I perceive that the voyage will certainly be with damage and great loss, not only of the things of this world we hold so dear, but also to some of our lives.
But, I urge you to hold on to your faith and endure, for I believe in the God we serve. And with no reservation my faith tells me this storm will turn out exactly as we have read in His word. But, “Unless you remain in the ship, you yourselves cannot be saved.”
Today my friends, God’s saving grace and His word are the ship that we all must stay in if we are to be saved. In addition, as we move deeper and deeper out into the open waters of life, and the rain and storms seems to never cease.
Satan beckons us to seek refuge in him and get out of the ship. That is when we study, study and study more then ever God’s word as we ask for His Spirit to guide us into all understanding because we are only safe when we stay in the ship and keep our eyes focused on the one who paid it all for our Salvation.
“God has given both his promise and his oath. These two things are unchangeable because it is impossible for God to lie. Therefore, we who have fled to him for refuge can have great confidence as we hold to the hope that lies before us. This hope is a strong and trustworthy anchor for our souls. It leads us through the curtain into God’s inner sanctuary [and life eternal]” Heb. 6:18-19 (ESV)
My Friends, where there is no vision, the people perish…..Proverbs 29:18 (KJV)
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