Genesis: God's Promise

KJB Daily Devotion – Following Jesus Through Every Chapter
Date: Sunday, January 03, 2016
Chapters: Genesis 7-9
Message: Genesis: God's Promise

Hello My Friend,

Did you ever notice that the world corrupts everything that is holy to God? The rainbow, a symbol and promise of God taken and turned into something that now symbolizes homosexuality. I can go on about the cross, marriage, Mary, and even Jesus. Now, if you want to live a lifestyle that goes against the principles of God, by all means that's your choice, and God loves you still by the way. What this really is about is the devil and his attempt and great success at turning everything that God abhors into something acceptable, and everything He loves into something wicked. However, if we follow him we are literally digging our own graves. “But these, as natural brute beasts, made to be taken and destroyed, speak evil of the things that they understand not; and shall utterly perish in their own corruption;” - 2 Peter 2:12.

People can deny the existence of God, reject Him, or even change His word to try and make it look like He is okay with all the corruption going on in the world today, but He's going to do what He wants anyway, He doesn't need our approval to bring peace or wrath upon the earth. Just as God commanded, Noah, his sons, and their wives built the ark that would save all who entered it from the flood that would destroy the earth. In a time when there was no such thing as rain, God was about to use it to destroy every living thing on the earth.

“And the LORD said unto Noah, Come thou and all thy house into the ark; for thee have I seen righteous before me in this generation. And Noah went in, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons' wives with him, into the ark, because of the waters of the flood. Of clean beasts, and of beasts that are not clean, and of fowls, and of every thing that creepeth upon the earth, All in whose nostrils was the breath of life, of all that was in the dry land, died. And every living substance was destroyed which was upon the face of the ground, both man, and cattle, and the creeping things, and the fowl of the heaven; and they were destroyed from the earth: and Noah only remained alive, and they that were with him in the ark.” - Genesis 7:1,7,8,22,23.

“and they that were with him in the ark.” You would not be human if you did not feel sorrow over the thought of millions of lives being lost. You know the truth is, more of those lives could have been saved, but none of them believed that God, whom there were well aware of, was capable of doing such a thing. Can you imagine water so high that it covered the mountains? And scientist wonder how fossils that high up have been found in tact? God loves every single soul He creates, He would have saved any of them had they believed and gotten into that boat. I guarantee you that when the floods were coming the people were banging on the door trying to get in, but once the door was shut it was too late for them to be saved. The same is true today, only it's not an ark we need to get on, it's a Saviour, one Jesus Christ, and if we do not get aboard Him before we die it will be too late. “For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.” - Romans 6:23.

While God does get angry and His judgments are just, He does give ample warning before He does anything so we can make the right decisions, and He never leaves one of His people behind. Noah and his family did not know what was going to happen to them, but they knew that God was with them and protecting them in that ark. One year after the rain began and the flood destroyed the earth, the land was dry, and life was sustainable once again. God commands Noah and his family to come out of the ark and begin living on earth once again.

“And God remembered Noah, and every living thing, and all the cattle that was with him in the ark: and God made a wind to pass over the earth, and the waters asswaged; The fountains also of the deep and the windows of heaven were stopped, and the rain from heaven was restrained; And the waters returned from off the earth continually: and after the end of the hundred and fifty days the waters were abated. And the ark rested in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, upon the mountains of Ararat. Go forth of the ark, thou, and thy wife, and thy sons, and thy sons' wives with thee. Bring forth with thee every living thing that is with thee, of all flesh, both of fowl, and of cattle, and of every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth; that they may breed abundantly in the earth, and be fruitful, and multiply upon the earth.” - Genesis 8:1-4.16,17.

“And God remembered Noah, and every living thing,” God never forgot His promise to sustain life with those who believe in Him. God's remembering Noah was the return of His mercy and grace to mankind, when we are in the midst of judgment it can seem like years, but once days pass, the believer will find themselves safely in a better world. God blesses the earth more than ever, and makes a new covenant with man.

“And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth. And the fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast of the earth, and upon every fowl of the air, upon all that moveth upon the earth, and upon all the fishes of the sea; into your hand are they delivered. Every moving thing that liveth shall be meat for you; even as the green herb have I given you all things. But flesh with the life thereof, which is the blood thereof, shall ye not eat. And surely your blood of your lives will I require; at the hand of every beast will I require it, and at the hand of man; at the hand of every man's brother will I require the life of man. Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for in the image of God made he man. And it shall come to pass, when I bring a cloud over the earth, that the bow shall be seen in the cloud: And I will remember my covenant, which is between me and you and every living creature of all flesh; and the waters shall no more become a flood to destroy all flesh. And the bow shall be in the cloud; and I will look upon it, that I may remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of all flesh that is upon the earth.” - Genesis 9:1-6,14-16.

“And surely your blood of your lives will I require;” Blood is very important to God and us, it sustains us and is made as the atonement for the soul, the life of the sacrifice was accepted for the life of the sinner. Blood must not be looked upon as a common thing, but be poured out before the Lord, which is why Christ became the ultimate sacrifice that would bring redemption to all who believe in Him. The blessings of God is the cause of our following His commands, some people have such a hard time following commands of any kind, they have this mentality that they are above the law, whichever it may be, and can do what ever they want and get away with it. It is no wonder why God gets so angry? God preserved mankind simply by one man following one command. God preserves life through one man, His Son, Jesus Christ, He truly is our life preserver. Once you get on Him your life is preserved, never to be destroyed. “He that hath the Son hath life; and he that hath not the Son of God hath not life.” - 1 John 5:12.

Today's Prayer: God, In a world full of doubt and fear, turn my eyes upon You, and let me see that all things are truly possible when I look to You. Lord, give me Your power, strength, and courage to keep living according to Your will for me, and not give up on Your promises. In Jesus' Name. Amen.

God Bless You, I am praying for you,
Christina

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