When All Is Overboard

"Not one of you will lose a single hair from his head.” After [Paul] said this, he took some bread and gave thanks to God in front of them all. Then he broke it and began to eat. They were all encouraged and ate some food themselves. Altogether there were 276 of us on board. When they had eaten as much as they wanted, they lightened the ship by throwing the grain into the sea. ~ from Acts 27

You have to demonstrate hope. In the face of a fearful storm, in the face of death, in the face of loss, when the last of the food is thrown overboard, will you be the one standing with hope when EVERYTHING else that EVERYONE else trusts in is gone? You can, because your life isn’t based on those other things and your hope isn’t grounded on such transitory cargo. The person of the world has no hope apart from the things of this world. You however, are of a different sort. "A man’s life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions," Jesus said. We have a hope that is otherworldly.