FAITH CAPSULE: To prepare and not pretend is what needs to be done.
Genesis 6, 7
The wickedness of Sodom and Gomorrah, days of Noah took a while because God gave many years waiting for change. God is truly true to long suffering and patiently waiting. Ecclesiastes 8:11 stated, “Because the sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil.” The evil days are now. Jesus warned, “And as it was in the days of Noah, so it will be also in the days of the Son of Man.” (Luke 17:26) The truth is that Jesus came to die for our sins so that we may inherit eternity. Jesus emphasized that the coming time of judgment is a time that no one knows but only God. It is written, Mark 13:32-33, “But of that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father. Take heed, watch and pray; for you do not know when the time is.” Jesus is the truth and the truth is threatening and only few want to turn around and give their lives to God. Have you given your life to Christ by living and abiding in the commands of God? The time today is very crucial. To prepare and not pretend is what we need to do.
In December 2004, a massive earthquake created a TSUNAMI causing devastation around the rim of the Indian Ocean. The death toll was in hundreds of thousands. Does that sound like tale telling? The fact is the rain that flooded in the time of Noah rained forty days and forty nights, but the TSUNAMI executed for perhaps a couple of minutes in duration. In that period of time, it touched down in many regions on the face of earth. Jesus’ coming will be in a twinkling of an eye. Judgment is coming and it will be at God’s time. Take your time to build your ark.
Today is the day of salvation. Salvation is not to experience Sodom and Gomorrah like Lot. Salvation is to escape Days of Noah part 2. Today give your life and become a candidate for the Kingdom of God. Jesus affirmed by stating, “Most assuredly, I say to you, unless one is born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.” (John 3:3) Sounds foolish like saying build ark in the desert against flood. In John 3:15-16 Jesus identifies what it means to be born again, “whoever believes in Him should not perish but have eternal life. For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.” It is never going to be too late to give your life to Christ. If you are thinking you have wasted too much of your life it becomes an evidence that He is waiting to raise you.
Prayer for today: Ask for the grace to live your life in Christ.