Renewing Your Life

Are you able to imagine fighting a typhoon for a couple of weeks and getting nearly no nourishment? That is what the men on Paul’s ship experienced. Even more dazzling, that is how most of the people reply to life’s hurricanes. We run our tanks dry fighting the battles on our own, and we finish up physically puny, emotionally exhausted, and unable to sleep.

The anchor of renewal guards against that kind of anatomical depletion. Instead, Paul inspired the men to eat and be replenished. Are you able to imagine that scene? The tempest raged about them, while nearly 300 men bowed in prayer as Paul gave thanks for the meager fare, then everyone on board joined together in the meal. your private nourishment is vital in periods of storm. In panic moments, you can cut a corner on your meals. It will not be long before you may put aside prayer altogether and you will find yourself drained, spiritually.

Increased emotional agony mixed with decreased spiritual renewal can be deadly to your religion. Few disciplines are of larger significance when all seems bleak.That is what Paul modeled on the deck of that rugged ship. For some of the men on board, I am confident it was actually the first time in their lives they’d prayed. Certainly, it was the 1st time they’d prayed to Almighty God.

It could have been the single time in their lives they’d ever heard a prayer offered for a meal. In the middle of a screaming wind-and-rain tempest, they paused and witnessed a reverent, humble man offering a prayer of gratitude to the Lord God, Maker of heaven and earth, Captain of the winds and waves. It was simple, but its impact was profound. Paul had shown them the anchor of renewal a glance of hope.