Brother Michael's Devotional

"And the LORD said unto Noah, Come thou and all thy house int the ark; for thee have I seen righteous before me in this generation." Genesis 7:1

During this point in history man had become increasingly wicked and "every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually," Genesis 6:5. So God told Noah that the end of all flesh was come and that Noah was to build an ark of gopher wood, pitch it within and without, for the preservation of his and his family's life.

Here is the problem, though. There is no possible way that an ark could have survived the flood spoken of in the Bible. We often envision the flood as starting with a light rain, which gradually becomes harder. Slowly the waters rise as people begin to beat on the door of the ark to be let in. Friend, that is just not a Biblical picture of the flood. Genesis chapter 7 verse 11 tells us "the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were open." This was a cataclysmic event on a world wide scale, and there would have been no possible way for any ark to survive such an event.

Now before you think that I question the history of the flood, I want to ask you a question. Where was God during the flood? Look closely at Genesis 7:1 again, "And the LORD said unto Noah, Come thou and all thy house into the ark." Notice that the LORD did not say go, but said come. The Lord was in the ark and He was with Noah and Noah was with the LORD during the flood.

Now look to Matthew Chapter 19 beginning with verse 16. Here we have a man come to Jesus and ask Him what he must do to inherit eternal life. Jesus first points the young man to the law (which will reveal his need of a Savior.) The man replies that "All these things have I kept from my youth up: what lack I yet?" Here our Lord will reveal where the man's heart is and tells him to "go and sell that thou hast, and give to the poor," at which time the man leaves sorrowful, for he had great possessions. Then our Lord makes one of the most striking declarations found in the scripture. He states, "It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God." At this the disciples "were exceedingly amazed, saying, Who then can be saved?"

Just as impossible as it would have been for that ark to make it through the flood, it is just as impossible for a man to be saved. But now look to the words of Jesus, "With men this is impossible; but with God all things are possible."(italics added) Friend, even as with man it would have been impossible to survive that flood, even so with man it is impossible to be saved, but with God, all things are possible.

"Is there anything to hard for the LORD?" Genesis 18:14