Wednesday, April 2
But the centurion paid more attention to the pilot and to the owner of the ship than to what Paul said.
—Acts 27:11
They were in a difficult situation at sea, and it seemed to the centurion that the wisdom of the pilot was more convincing than the words of Paul. Paul certainly was a charismatic and persuasive religious leader, but not the captain of a ship. Unfortunately, it was Paul rather than the pilot who had been given a "word of truth" to speak. It was Paul rather than the pilot that spoke the truth of God.
Attention misplaced can leave us in the shadowy space where we miss the word of truth that heaven wants to whisper so gently in our ear. Before we accept the words of the most likely experts as the only truth to be told, we might let our attention drift to the unlikely voice.
It just may be the voice of heaven.
O God, do not let me settle too quickly for the truth, lest I miss the invisible word waiting to be revealed.