I told Noah to build a boat because I knew the flood was coming. Despite ridicule from every side, he listened and his life was spared.
Just as I told Noah, I am telling you – storms, flood waters and tossing waves are all a part of this life. If you’re going to stay afloat, you must build a boat and anchor it to Me. The only way to do that is through pursuing Me.
I am the Master Builder.
I provide your blueprint in the Word.
Your tools are the scriptures, and you use them by applying them to your daily life.
Your supplies come from building relationship with Me, for I supply all your needs and hold you together. Your anchor comes from your faith in Me. It becomes fixed through your complete trust.
Not everyone will understand. Build anyway. It won’t make sense until the rain comes.
And when it does, you can say, “Let it pour!” Because the floods won’t phase you, the waves won’t sway you, and the winds won’t toss you about, all because you listened, built your boat and anchored yourself in Me.
Prayer:
Father, thank-you for reminding me that I build a boat by pursuing relationship with you. Show me where I am in the process, and teach me how to live out the scriptures so I can build a sturdy boat. Help me to trust You so my anchor keeps me secure. Thank-you for making a way for me to be safe even among the most torrential of storms!
In Jesus name, amen.
Make yourself an [a]ark of [b]gopher wood; make in it rooms (stalls, pens, coops, nests, cages, compartments) and [c]coat it inside and out with pitch (bitumen).
Genesis 6:14 (AMP)
Footnotes
[a] Genesis 6:14 The word “ark” comes from a Latin word (arca) for a box or chest. The design of the ark matched its purpose, which was not to travel through the water efficiently, but to be stable and have the greatest possible capacity for cargo. Also, such a vessel could be constructed relatively quickly, because there would be no need to form the wood used for the hull into efficient curves to maximize speed.
[b] Genesis 6:14 The type of wood is unknown. The name of the wood is a transliteration—not a translation—of the Hebrew, with no connection to the English word “gopher.”
[c] Genesis 6:14 This prevented water from seeping into the ark through the seams between the wooden planks, and may also have served to protect the wood from becoming saturated with water. Coating the ark with pitch on the outside as well as the inside was very practical. One of the worst jobs on the old wooden ships was to re-coat the inside bottom of the hull when water had seeped in, because the crewman had to quickly pave hot pitch on the hull under the water, which cooled the pitch as he worked and made the job all the more difficult—thus the nautical saying, “the devil (referring to the seam in the hull planking) to pay (i.e. pave with pitch).” The problem was eliminated or minimized on the ark, but Noah, due to his complete inexperience with sea-going vessels, would not even have known about the potential problem himself. It was imperative for him to have absolute faith in God, and to follow God’s directions word for word.
18 so that by two unchangeable things [His promise and His oath] in which it is impossible for God to lie, we who have fled [to Him] for refuge would have strong encouragement and indwelling strength to hold tightly to the hope set before us.
19 This hope [this confident assurance] we have as an anchor of the soul [it cannot slip and it cannot break down under whatever pressure bears upon it]—a safe and steadfast hope that enters within the veil [of the heavenly temple, that most Holy Place in which the very presence of God dwells],
Hebrews 6:18-19 (AMP)
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Unapologetically Marcia 