Acts 27:21-26

Acts 27:21-26
English Standard Version (ESV)

  Sometimes, the way out doesn't seem all that appealing.  Here's the ship, in grave danger, with the passengers fearing for their lives.  You hope for a grand parting of the waves and a pass to freedom, but instead you have Paul telling them that they need to crash the ship onto a nearby island.  You start to wonder if there isn't a better Plan B...
  As Christians, there is something in our hearts that is always looking for Plan B.  We don't like the reality of sin and our guilt, so we convince ourselves that it's not so bad, that there is some easier way out, that God isn't really all that upset about sin.  But the truth is that we cannot be in the presence of God with our sin, and so it must be wiped clean.  The only way to do this is through the sacrifice of Jesus Christ, and so we must kneel before the cross and submit to his Lordship.  We try and stash away our guilt, preferring not to confront it, but to confront it is to allow God to heal and to forgive, to make a way forward through death and despair into new life.