In this passage, Paul is on the ship sailing for Rome. Against Paul’s advice, they had set sail rather than find a harbor to winter in and encountered a fierce storm. 
In these verses, Paul relays to the ship’s crew what he had heard from an angel, assurance that not one man on board would lose his life. Now I don’t know about anyone else, but looking around at the damage to the ship and seeing the storm unrelenting, I would think Paul was crazy. But the men on the ship were encouraged and the verses following, they followed Paul’s advice on different occasions. There had to be something about Paul that caused men to believe him even when he said things that were in the natural unbelievable. The Spirit of God was on him and people could tell. He had an unwavering faith and so spoke with confidence and authority – people believed him. What about us? Do we carry the Spirit and the confidence in faith that enables us to speak with authority and cause those around us to believe what we say whether it makes sense or not. I have experienced this rarely – Lord I desire to be more yielded to you such that my life might be this kind of witness and influence!
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