Experts…(N)ever Wrong?

ALL – Psalm 7:1-17
ALL – Proverbs 18:22
OT – 1 Chronicles 7:1-8:40
NT – Acts 27:1-20

Interesting passage for the day: “Sirs,” he said, “I believe there is trouble ahead if we go on—perhaps shipwreck, loss of cargo, injuries, and death.” But the officers in charge of the prisoners listened more to the ship’s captain and the owner than to Paul. – Acts 27:10-11, The Living Bible

Thought: Does anyone else think that, if we were the officers, we would listen more to a ship’s captain and owner about whether to keep sailing than to a missionary?

And yet, as the story goes on, it turns out that Paul was right. They shouldn’t have kept sailing. They sailed right into a storm, and by the end of today’s reading, all hope is lost. At least, as far as they can tell. They’ve done everything they know to do and the storm has outlasted them. All that’s left for them to do is to die.

The world’s experts aren’t always as expert as they believe they are. Sometimes it’s better not to be an expert, but to know the Creator, Designer, and Director of the cosmos. In fact, if you were able to make a choice between the two, you’d always be better off knowing God than being the greatest human expert ever.

Question: Have human experts ever made you doubt whether holding on to your relationship with God was worthwhile? How?

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