Drive Thru
Punched By The Storm...The N in Anchor
By Rev. Jeff Dixon, Senior Equipping Minister, CCC Ministries
Aug 18, 2009 - 4:51:00 PM

We ended last time with....Charles Swindoll said that life is 10 percent what happens, and 90 percent is determined by our attitude in response to what happens. When facing storms, we must guard our attitudes by not overestimating our ability, underestimating adversity, or exaggerating the possibilities.

 

Now lets move forward and discover the N in aNchor...

 

Nourish Your Body

 

A second survival strategy illustrated in the text is Paul’s instruction in verses 33- 34 to the crew: Just before dawn Paul urged them all to eat. “For the last fourteen days,” he said, “you have been in constant suspense and have gone without food—you haven’t eaten anything.  ?Now I urge you to take some food. You need it to survive. Not one of you will lose a single hair from his head.”

 

“Now I urge you to take some food” .

 

While this is not the venue to provide a detailed plan for physical fitness and nutrition, we should learn from this account that neglecting physical nourishment during a crisis only adds to the problem. (And how helpful since this is a part of our Drive-Thru resources) This is just plain practical, yet important!

 

These men were fighting for their lives on the open seas.

They needed their strength.

To lose a life because of starvation or fatigue would be an unnecessary tragedy.

 

Poor nutrition threatens our ability to respond effectively. Education research has revealed that students who eat a nutritious breakfast perform better in school. In Scripture, we see almighty God tending to the physical needs of Jonah and Elijah as they struggled with depression. The practice of many churches to provide food to grieving families illustrates the inseparable link of emotional and physical nourishment required to survive some of life’s most difficult experiences.



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