WE NEED A SAIL WHEN WE ARE IN A FAT BOAT!
I really love documentaries!
A few days a week, I jump on my treadmill and click on Netflix and watch various documentaries.
I especially love archaeological ones, as that was a childhood dream of mine to dig up bones and artifacts. Maybe one day I will still get this opportunity, but for now I will live vicariously through the documentaries of others.
A few days a week, I jump on my treadmill and click on Netflix and watch various documentaries.
I especially love archaeological ones, as that was a childhood dream of mine to dig up bones and artifacts. Maybe one day I will still get this opportunity, but for now I will live vicariously through the documentaries of others.
My documentary of choice one day was called Building Pharaoh's Ship.
In 2010 a group of people set out on a task to build a replica of an ancient Egyptian ship, a fat ship, a ship that they knew very little about other than a few reliefs and writings.
This ship was an unusual ship as it was built by a female pharaoh, one of Egypts most controversial pharaohs. Her name was Hatshepsut.
As they were building the ship they (the experts) were nervous if this fat boat or PIG as they affectionately called it would be able to sail at all.
After completing the ship they put it in the Red Sea to test it out. It was filled with people and the crew was filled with emotions of nervousness and excitement.
Oh I should also mention another important fact... it had many cracks. They had to fill these cracks with only linen cloth and beeswax, not exactly modern materials, right? They were really trying to stay true to they original construction on all counts.
As they sailed the ship it tossed back and forth with such great force I grew nervous watching. The crew did all they could to keep it stable and even more importantly afloat!
They decided to raise the sail. This also was quite an adventure. It was so heavy and it made the ship move back and forth with great force. The boat fought that sail with all it's might, but the sail did prevail. It snapped that ship back into the reality that it was truly a ship that needed to sail.
The captain of the ship was now able to relax and know that the ship truly was a seaworthy vessel. This ancient design was indeed sound. He was so impressed that he made the statement, "I would sail across the ocean with this." Although, he was not saying that at the beginning of the voyage. Once the sail was raised it changed the outcome of this voyage. It changed the minds of the sailors on board.
I think it really hit me hard watching that ship fight the waves and the sail being raised that our lives can be just like this at times.
Adversity and trials can try to rock your life and shipwreck you. You have two options. You can let the waves of struggles rock you back and forth or you can grab your sail and hoist that baby up and let the Lord carry you through the rough waters.
There are a couple scriptures that the Holy Spirit reminded me of:
Ephesians 4:14-15 Then we will no longer be immature like children. We won't be tossed and blown about by every wind of new teaching. We will not be influenced when people try to trick us with lies so clever they sound like truth. 15 Instead, we will speak the truth in love, growing in every way more and more like Christ, who is the head of his body, the church.
James 1:6-8 But when you ask him, be sure that your faith is in God alone. Do not waver, for a person with divided loyalty is as unsettled as a wave of the sea that is blown and tossed by the wind. 7 Such people should not expect to receive anything from the Lord. 8 Their loyalty is divided between God and the world, and they are unstable in everything they do.
Do not allow people to influence you to take your eyes off of the truth and off of the Lord!
It grieves me when I hear stories of people being swayed by the influence of others to do things contrary to His Word. Usually they are not big things, but little things, those little foxes that spoil the vine as it says in Song of Solomon 2:15.
The Word also says in 1 Corinthians 15:33 - Do not be misled: "Bad company corrupts good character."
Choose this day who you will serve, yourself, others or the Living God!
Raise the sail of your fat ship.
Here is the link for the documentary if you are interested:
http://video.pbs.org/video/1379655910/
In 2010 a group of people set out on a task to build a replica of an ancient Egyptian ship, a fat ship, a ship that they knew very little about other than a few reliefs and writings.
This ship was an unusual ship as it was built by a female pharaoh, one of Egypts most controversial pharaohs. Her name was Hatshepsut.
As they were building the ship they (the experts) were nervous if this fat boat or PIG as they affectionately called it would be able to sail at all.
After completing the ship they put it in the Red Sea to test it out. It was filled with people and the crew was filled with emotions of nervousness and excitement.
Oh I should also mention another important fact... it had many cracks. They had to fill these cracks with only linen cloth and beeswax, not exactly modern materials, right? They were really trying to stay true to they original construction on all counts.
As they sailed the ship it tossed back and forth with such great force I grew nervous watching. The crew did all they could to keep it stable and even more importantly afloat!
They decided to raise the sail. This also was quite an adventure. It was so heavy and it made the ship move back and forth with great force. The boat fought that sail with all it's might, but the sail did prevail. It snapped that ship back into the reality that it was truly a ship that needed to sail.
The captain of the ship was now able to relax and know that the ship truly was a seaworthy vessel. This ancient design was indeed sound. He was so impressed that he made the statement, "I would sail across the ocean with this." Although, he was not saying that at the beginning of the voyage. Once the sail was raised it changed the outcome of this voyage. It changed the minds of the sailors on board.
I think it really hit me hard watching that ship fight the waves and the sail being raised that our lives can be just like this at times.
Adversity and trials can try to rock your life and shipwreck you. You have two options. You can let the waves of struggles rock you back and forth or you can grab your sail and hoist that baby up and let the Lord carry you through the rough waters.
There are a couple scriptures that the Holy Spirit reminded me of:
Ephesians 4:14-15 Then we will no longer be immature like children. We won't be tossed and blown about by every wind of new teaching. We will not be influenced when people try to trick us with lies so clever they sound like truth. 15 Instead, we will speak the truth in love, growing in every way more and more like Christ, who is the head of his body, the church.
James 1:6-8 But when you ask him, be sure that your faith is in God alone. Do not waver, for a person with divided loyalty is as unsettled as a wave of the sea that is blown and tossed by the wind. 7 Such people should not expect to receive anything from the Lord. 8 Their loyalty is divided between God and the world, and they are unstable in everything they do.
Do not allow people to influence you to take your eyes off of the truth and off of the Lord!
It grieves me when I hear stories of people being swayed by the influence of others to do things contrary to His Word. Usually they are not big things, but little things, those little foxes that spoil the vine as it says in Song of Solomon 2:15.
The Word also says in 1 Corinthians 15:33 - Do not be misled: "Bad company corrupts good character."
Choose this day who you will serve, yourself, others or the Living God!
Raise the sail of your fat ship.
Here is the link for the documentary if you are interested:
http://video.pbs.org/video/1379655910/
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