{"id":4260,"date":"2009-03-20T20:36:12","date_gmt":"2009-03-21T00:36:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/april2009\/?p=55"},"modified":"2009-03-20T20:36:12","modified_gmt":"2009-03-21T00:36:12","slug":"acts-2723","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/purposedriven.ca\/wiki\/2009\/03\/20\/acts-2723\/","title":{"rendered":"Acts 27:23"},"content":{"rendered":"

“For there stood by me this night the angel of God.”
\n — Acts 27:23<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Tempest and long darkness, coupled with imminent risk of shipwreck, had
\nbrought the crew of the vessel into a sad case; one man alone among
\nthem remained perfectly calm, and by his word the rest were reassured.
\nPaul was the only man who had heart enough to say, “Sirs, be of good
\ncheer.” There were veteran Roman legionaries on board, and brave old
\nmariners, and yet their poor Jewish prisoner had more spirit than they
\nall. He had a secret Friend who kept his courage up. The Lord Jesus
\ndespatched a heavenly messenger to whisper words of consolation in the
\near of his faithful servant, therefore he wore a shining countenance
\nand spake like a man at ease.<\/p>\n

If we fear the Lord, we may look for timely interpositions when our
\ncase is at its worst. Angels are not kept from us by storms, or
\nhindered by darkness. Seraphs think it no humiliation to visit the
\npoorest of the heavenly family. If angel’s visits are few and far
\nbetween at ordinary times, they shall be frequent in our nights of
\ntempest and tossing. Friends may drop from us when we are under
\npressure, but our intercourse with the inhabitants of the angelic world
\nshall be more abundant; and in the strength of love-words, brought to
\nus from the throne by the way of Jacob’s ladder, we shall be strong to
\ndo exploits. Dear reader, is this an hour of distress with you? then
\nask for peculiar help. Jesus is the angel of the covenant, and if his
\npresence be now earnestly sought, it will not be denied. What that
\npresence brings in heart-cheer those remember who, like Paul, have had
\nthe angel of God standing by them in a night of storm, when anchors
\nwould no longer hold, and rocks were nigh.<\/p>\n

“O angel of my God, be near,
\nAmid the darkness hush my fear;
\nLoud roars the wild tempestuous sea,
\nThy presence, Lord, shall comfort me.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

“For there stood by me this night the angel of God.” — Acts 27:23 Tempest and long darkness, coupled with imminent risk of shipwreck, had brought the crew of the vessel into a sad case; one man alone among them remained perfectly calm, and by his word the rest were reassured. Paul was the only…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"twitterCardType":"","cardImageID":0,"cardImage":"","cardTitle":"","cardDesc":"","cardImageAlt":"","cardPlayer":"","cardPlayerWidth":0,"cardPlayerHeight":0,"cardPlayerStream":"","cardPlayerCodec":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4260","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/purposedriven.ca\/wiki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4260","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/purposedriven.ca\/wiki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/purposedriven.ca\/wiki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/purposedriven.ca\/wiki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/purposedriven.ca\/wiki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4260"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/purposedriven.ca\/wiki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4260\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/purposedriven.ca\/wiki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4260"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/purposedriven.ca\/wiki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4260"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/purposedriven.ca\/wiki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4260"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}