Acts 27:32

It's encouraging to see how God takes care of us. We really just have to trust Him, though. Paul told the guys on the ship that they would all be saved. I'm not sure if they believed him right then or not, but after 14 days, apparently they did. They were about to jump ship, use their only means of salvation (the lifeboat) and Paul warned them. So they cut it away. Cool! They didn't just raise it back up and say, "well, we'll wait a little longer and see if it works out." They completely cut the ropes so that they didn't have the option of getting into the lifeboat. It's a good practice I guess. To remove even the option of disobeying God. They obviously trusted Paul and his God at this point, but they also recognized their own weaknesses and took preventative steps to take care of it. Good idea!