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You Were Not Meant for Safety

8/15/2018

 
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​“The ship is safest when it is in port.  But that’s not what ships were made for.”  
                                                                                                   -  Paulo Coelho
There is a time to harbor and rest.  And then there is a time to set sail and face the pounding surf.  It is easier to dock at the port in a static state of comfort and ease.  It's crushing when the compass points you to a white-capped field of landless horizon.  

Sailing is perilous, and so is the Christian life.  The Great Commission (Matt. 28:19-20) and Great Commandment (Matt. 22:37-39) set our rudder toward the tempest.  Love takes us into open seas that require the sailor to be relentless and brave. 

Are you suffering for a call God has placed on you?  Has he pointed you in the direction of gale and gust?

Set your face to the wind.

Endure.
Keep going.  

For you know the harbor from which you come and the Captain who leads on.    ​Hold fast to his promises.  "Fear not."  "I will never leave you."  "I am with you always."  He is our Refuge and Strength in times of trouble, our Harbor in the sea.  

Hebrews 12:1-2
​Philippians 3:8-11
Rev. 1:17, 2:3



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