A word fitly spoken is like APPLES OF GOLD in a setting of silver – Proverbs 25v11
This week our study in Proverbs 30v18 is the way of a ship on the high seas and why it is amazing. The Jewish people of that time were not sea faring people so it was amazing to the writer that ships moved without being towed or pushed and even moved forward when there was a headwind. But ships need someone in charge who has the knowledge to best utilize the wind, who understands the currents, who knows the perils of hidden rocks and knows where the destination is and that the shortest route is not always the fastest or safest. Our lives mirror a ship on the seas and we also need a captain to navigate us through life. There are only 2 types of captain of our ship – me or Christ. A famous poem called Invictus finishes with “I am master of my fate and captain of my soul” and this sums up the secular world view which maintains “I don’t need God” as I am confident in my own ability to sail the seas of life and reach my life’s destination. But God warns in Joshua 3v4 that if we are captain of our ship we make a huge mistake because “you have not passed this way before.” We don’t know where the hidden dangers are and we make a shipwreck of our lives. We get confused about our destination and when the headwinds of peer pressure come we are swept off course.
Christians on the other hand have as our captain, Jesus Christ (Hebrews 2v10), who knows our destination and the dangers because He has been this way before. Maybe He doesn’t take us the shortest way to our destination, but it will be the fastest and safest. There is nothing more amazing than seeing people on the high seas of life calm, content and confident because Christ is their captain.
Who is your captain of your soul – Christ or the big I?
Who knows the way – Christ or your friends?
Who can navigate through treacherous seas and hidden rocks – Christ or celebrities?
Who can sail you soul through the headwinds of life – Christ or social media?
It’s a “no brainer”!
God Bless,
Graeme Greenwood