Luke, the writer of the Book of Acts, tells the intense story about Paul's near-death expedition on the Mediterranean Sea.

Without warning, a violent storm swept across the waters and almost capsized the vessel.

Nearly 300 sailors were on board. So what's the point

of this story in Acts 27? Well, today on Insight for Living, Chuck Swindall breaks down the details

of this incident and identifies four timeless principles for navigating the storms of life.

No matter what kind of storm you're weathering today, God

extends a lifeline with supernatural strength. Chuck titled his message, How to Handle a Shipwreck.

Now everybody understand this is not about a storm in the Mediterranean, though that is what the text is teaching and we want to be true to it.

This is about life and how to endure it when it impacts us.

And our ship is coming apart.

And there's a reef straight ahead and we're not going to make it without a wreck.

How do you keep it together? I want to offer you four anchors that will help hold you fast

when you're in a time like that. And if you don't need them now, trust me, as your pastor, take it from me.

You will need them someday.

You will need them when the news comes that that loved one has died.

Or your son didn't come home that night.

Or your daughter has run away again. Or the baby didn't make it. Or the damage appears to be

inescapable. You're going to need them. The first I will call the anchor of stability.

All four come from the text. And if you will forgive me for not just taking verse by verse and word by word,

I want to get the spiritual lessons across mainly.

I want to address the times when there are no stars, no sun, no compass, no sextant,

and you can't find your way to the destination you thought

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