threatened the lives of all who were on a ship bound for Rome. The men had given up all hope of being saved. But Paul had had a promise that not one would be lost, and he was sure that that promise would be kept. So he stood up in the ship and urged the men to take heart, saying, ‘I believe God that it will be just as it was told me’ (v. 25). He took God at his word and in so doing displayed a soundness of faith that should characterize every older Christian man (not to mention every other category