A very long time ago, in a regionwhere rain hardly falls in a year, Noah prepared for a flood. In hispreparation, he engaged in building an ark made out of gopher wood. It was not justan ark, it was a huge ark.
~Ark~
The lengthof the ark was three hundred cubits, its width fifty cubits and its heightthirty cubits (Gen. 6:15). It was a huge ark to escape a flood in a regionwhere it hardly rains within a year. Who would have responded to this kind ofwarning? Would you have been able to respond to God just as Noah responded?None of his friends were mentioned as part of the escape team. Neither any ofNoahÕs neighbor nor business partners were mentioned in the escape team. Noahwas given a ticket of escape only to his family. Remember LotÕs escape? It was also only to his family. Now it isclear why Joshua said as for him, he and his house will serve the LORD (Joshua24:15).As the head of your house, what do you desire? It flows from the head to thetail. Are you working out a salvation plan that will cover for you and your householdor a salvation plan that will serve only breakfast, lunch, and dinner? If youdo not desire for your household to be saved when the Lord comes to judge theearth, it will not become a done deal. Noah and his family departed into theark of escape from a devastating flood; an unimaginable flood in anunimaginable area in time. He made it because he lived for God in the midst ofwicked generation and he was able to respond to GodÕs warning. Are you livingfor God? You cannot be successful if you claim to be living for God and notresponding to His warning signs. Neighbors, friends, business partners andcommunities were going by the dayÕs business (in their own term) enjoying life;minding their own business. It rained, it flooded and there was no way ofescape. They were all wiped off the face of earth. It sounded like sweetsaying; story telling isnÕt it?
~Real?~
InDecember 2004, a massive earthquake measuring 9.0 on the Richter magnitudescale created a TSUNAMI causing devastation in Sri Lanka, India, Indonesia,Thailand, Malaysia, The Maldives and many other areas around the rim of theIndian Ocean. The death toll is currently estimated at more than 300,000. Doesthat sound like tale telling? The fact is, the rain that flooded in the time ofNoah rained forty days and forty nights, but the TSUNAMI executed for perhaps acouple of minutes in duration. In that period of time it touched down in manyregions on the face of earth. What will an hour of consistent and continuousTSUNAMI bring to the whole world? Yet, many still take the word of God with considerableexcuses. Everything around us is pointing to the fact that the word of God iscoming to manifest itself all over the face of earth. He is coming back tojudge. Gen. 6:5, then the LORD saw that the wickedness of man was greatin the earth, and that every intent of the thoughts of his heart was only evilcontinually. He rained and flooded. Just as it was then, it is today.Evil and wickedness are reigning in all corners of the earth. God is a just andconsistent God. He would not be consistent if He did not do just like He did inthe time of Noah.
~Salvation~
God hasmade the provision for salvation through Jesus. And it is written in Jh.3:16For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten son, that whoeverbelieves in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. Today isyour day of salvation, look up to Him and He will look out for you.