MONDAY - 9TH DECEMBER, 2024
MORNING WINGS DAILY DEVOTIONAL - Olusola ADEJUMO
THIS MAN WILL BE SAVED - Knowing The Planned Time Series 009
Hebrews 11:7, KJV
"By faith Noah, being warned of God of things not seen as yet, moved with fear, prepared an ark to the saving of his house; by the which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is by faith."
God quickly wants to show you the man who'll be saved from scheduled or predicted evils. As we read from the verse above, it is the man who hears and being moved with fear (deep respect or assuredness coming from the recognition) of the predicted event who'll be saved.
The difference between Noah and the world that perished at his time is their having different hearts. Noah believes all things. They aren't noble enough to believe in the forecast of a flood that would destroy the whole earth. It looks like a fable to them. Noah not only believed but he rushed to action without delaying. What else is proof that someone believes in a prediction or prophecy than seeing him begin to prepare and act in line with that prediction. That is exercise of faith even when all you have at hand is just a warning. The Bible says, "by faith Noah, being warned of God of things not seen as yet, moved with fear, prepared an ark to the saving of his house..."
On the other hand, the world is busy with their activities. They are buying and selling, marrying and giving out in marriage. Nothing changed in their attitude or action towards that great day. They are still steeped in the same old ways. This is the distraction the world gives itself to when it should begin to prepare to go into the ark.
If you look at our world now, it's just like that of Noah's or Lot's day. The wickedness is so much that it's also ascending to God for a witness. The wickedness is so much that there are many violation of the use of sex. The wickedness is so much to the extent that people no longer rever or heed holy calls that should lead to repentance or shedding of their fat to entering by the narrow gate. Warnings sound like noisy cymbals to them.
When Noah made an announcement of "water upon the earth", you'll think everybody would move in deep reverence like he was moved in fear to obey God. You know what? Those people don't fear God. They neither know Him nor worshipped him. As such, they just couldn't obey. Nothing in them created a sense of urgency or need for second thought.
Those who'll be saved now and tomorrow are those who hears, believe the genuinety of the coming event and carry a step towards it.
You too, you'll be warned of events to come. If you recognize God as a truthful speaker, you'll act accordingly. Those who refuse will be like the simple that passes on and are punished. Those in the days of Noah knew the truth eventually but it was too late for them. Don't learn by experience. Let God's warning suffice.
PRAYER: May I not trivialize or commonise God's warning.
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