Meditate
On
Safe in the Ark
Then
the Lord said to Noah, “Come into the ark, you and all your household, because
I have seen that you are righteous before Me in this generation.”
Genesis
7:1
Remember
how Noah was safe in the ark when the floodwaters came? While Noah was not
perfect, God saw him as righteous because of his faith in God (see Heb. 11:7).
When the flood came, everyone outside the ark died, but Noah and his family
were protected and saved. Why? Because they were in the ark, which is a type of
Christ, who is our salvation (see Acts 4:12).
The ark
didn’t have windows along its sides, only near the roof. The truth here is that
God does not want you to focus on all the darkness, terror, and evil that are
around you and in the world. He wants you to look up and know that His Son is
coming back for you. I want you to see something else: I believe there were
times when Noah might have lost his balance and fallen as the storm waters
crashed against the ark. But Noah fell in the ark; he never fell out of the
ark.
Similarly,
for the believer today, when the devil tempts you and you fall, you don’t fall
out of your position in Christ; you are still in Christ. In the book of
Proverbs, it says, “For a righteous man may fall seven times and rise again”
(Prov. 24:16). You see, a believer doesn’t fall in and out of righteousness.
Our righteousness today is a gift from our Lord Jesus Christ (see Rom. 5:17).
This means that even though we may fail from time to time because we are
imperfect human beings, we are still in Christ our ark and do not forfeit His
blessings of protection.
Now, in
case you are wondering, does this make someone want to live recklessly?
Certainly not! I believe that knowing you are righteous in Christ makes you
live responsibly and in honor to the Lord (see Rom. 6:10–14). The revelation of
our righteousness in Christ produces righteous living (see Titus 2:11–12).
BLESSINGS
JOSEPH
PRINCE
