Pray the Word with David Platt is a resource from radical.net.

In the middle of Acts 27, Paul and all of his companions on the ship are in this massive storm,

and everybody's afraid for their lives.

They don't know if they're going to make it through it.

But God comes to Paul in a vision

and through an angel and says that they're all going to live. But what I love most is verse 23,

the way Paul describes that. He says, for this very night, there stood before me an angel of the God

to whom I belong and whom I worship.

Oh, I love those two phrases.

The God to whom I belong and the God whom I worship.

And especially in the context here.

And here's Paul. He's a prisoner on a ship in the middle of a storm and yet God reminds him and Paul knows that Paul belongs to God that God owns Paul

that God has taken ownership and responsibility for caring for Paul,

for providing for Paul. Paul belongs to God and God is the one whom Paul worships. He loves

and adores God. The God who is in control of the sea,

the God who's in control of the storms.

You just think about it.

When we walked, especially when we walk through difficult times,

isn't it good to know in the middle of challenges that we belong to God

and that he is worthy of our worship,

that he is good and great and glorious and worthy of our praise,

even when we walk through challenges.

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