Acts 27:25 Why, sirs, be of good cheer: for I believe God, that it shall be even as it was told me. The Polar Star was carrying troops to New Zealand in 1854. When one thousand miles from land, with the sea running mountains high, she took fire. All efforts to master the flames proved hopeless, and there was no chance of reaching land by the boats. In their worst extremity, when the pitch was melting in the seams of the deck, a man just relieved from the pumps drew a Prayer book from his pocket, and shouted aloud, with confidence, the first words on which his eyes rested. They were the opening words of Psalm 46. "God is our refuge and strength." He read the whole psalm in the same joyful strain. The lookout had long been scanning the horizon with a powerful telescope in vain, but at six o'clock the same evening the deliverance which this Christian so boldly anticipated came in sight, and while still standing on the burning deck, the shout of one man's faith gave place to the thanksgiving of many in the words, "Praise God from whom all blessings flow." (J. F. B. Tinling, B. A.) Parallel Verses KJV: Wherefore, sirs, be of good cheer: for I believe God, that it shall be even as it was told me.WEB: Therefore, sirs, cheer up! For I believe God, that it will be just as it has been spoken to me. |
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