Acts 27:37-44 And we were in all in the ship two hundred threescore and sixteen souls. 38 And when they had eaten enough, they lightened the ship, and cast out the wheat into the sea. 39 And when it was day, they knew not the land: but they discovered a certain creek with a shore, into the which they were minded, if it were possible, to thrust in the ship. 40 And when they had taken up the anchors, they committed themselves unto the sea, and loosed the rudder bands, and hoised up the mainsail to the wind, and made toward shore. 41 And falling into a place where two seas met, they ran the ship aground; and the forepart stuck fast, and remained unmoveable, but the hinder part was broken with the violence of the waves. 42 And the soldiers' counsel was to kill the prisoners, lest any of them should swim out, and escape. 43 But the centurion, willing to save Paul, kept them from their purpose; and commanded that they which could swim should cast themselves first into the sea, and get to land: 44 And the rest, some on boards, and some on broken pieces of the ship. And so it came to pass, that they escaped all safe to land.
God always has a way for our escape.
1 Cor 10:13 There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape , that ye may be able to bear it.
If God gives you a word, he will bring it to pass. Whatever He starts, He will finish it. The key word is, did God start it? Or did God say it? God told Paul that he had to go before Caesar. That meant that no matter what obstacle, circumstance, challenge, or problem that he would face, he would be victorious, because he had to go before Caesar in Rome. This is so encouraging and this is what keeps me going. There are some things that God has spoken over my life that have not yet come to pass, so I know I have the victory in every situation, before I go into it. The airplane can't go down because I'm on it. The earthquake can not destroy me. The drive by can't harm me. Do you understand what I'm saying. I'm not moved by the economic down turn or anything else because of what God said!
