10/02/2025
A good morning devotion !
“NEVER THOUGHT ABOUT THIS BEFORE",
(From Adrian Rogers)
I have always thought that Noah was safe inside the Ark because he built it according to God's specifications. I thought that perhaps it was the strength of the gopher wood and the soundness of the architecture that ensured that the waters of the flood would not come into the Ark.
But today I encountered a verse that shifted this whole paradigm.
Let's read what Gen 7:16 says .." The animals going in were male and female of every living thing as God had commanded Noah..
THEN GOD SHUT HIM IN....
Don't miss this.... even after Noah had built the Ark, it was God Himself who shut him in, in order to shut out the waters of the flood... In other translations this verse says "The Lord sealed them inside."
May the Almighty God seal us inside His Ark of protection through this blessed year of 2025 and all the year's that's Follows,
It is not the fact that you have locked your house that keeps you safe at night, it is not your good driving skills that keeps you safe on the road, neither it's your healthy eating habits that keeps you healthy - Only God can shut you in and shut out the devil that is seeking to devour you.
You can imagine that, in the chaos of the flood, Noah’s neighbors must have been frantic. They have never before seen rain, so maybe at first they enjoyed the water falling from heaven. But, eventually, the rain became too much. The water started destroying their crops… their herds… their homes. The flood waters began to rise, and many of them didn’t know how to swim. They started looking around for a way to be saved, and what did they see? The ark! The ark that Noah built. The ark that they had been making fun of for years, but now knew could save them. Didn’t that ark have a door? Surely they could enter in through the door and be saved on the ark…
But “The Lord shut him in.” The door was closed. There was a time when anyone could have come through the door and been saved from the coming flood, but that time has passed. Now, all those on the outside will perish in the judgment of God for their sins.
Jesus Christ is the door. All those who enter in through Him will be saved. But there is a time coming when it will be too late—a time when every knee will bow and every tongue confess that Jesus is God, but this will not save them, because the door will be shut. Enter through the door today, while it is still open to you.
Father we pray that in this Year of 2025 and the Year's that Follows as we walk into the streets and as we drive on the roads, Oh God shut us in your Ark of protection. Father we pray for our children that in the midst of dangers and molesters... You will shut them in, keep out the flood waters of abuse, murder, accidents, diseases, and untimely death... Oh God shut us in, shut us in your Ark of protection , into your Ark of compassion.
MAY GOD SHUT YOU AND YOUR FAMILY IN HIS ARK OF PROTECTION AS YOU OBEY HIM, CONTINUE WITH HIS GREAT COMMISSION AND TRUSTING IN HIS WORD, AMEN. For daily prayers, God's word and encouragement welcome everyone to add Pastor Alfred Nizeyimana as Facebook friends and as a brother in Christ service as we continue with His great commission. It All about Jesus.
