Life Comes At You Fast ~


I suppose this would be a good time to talk about Noah.
The parallels have been sloshing about in my head since the catastrophic events of the last several days. Who expected such a torrent of floods to descend upon the middle TN area and create such chaos? For many.....homes, families, jobs, music, tourism and so on came crashing down like a wave. The tension and disturbance in the air was palpable.

Can you imagine 40 days and 40 nights of this? You can see from our own experience how quickly things can change around. Surprise...the rains came down and the floods came up. The Massive boat of Noah and his family began to look less and less "silly" as the floods began to rise. Hey folks, my description is not that of a boat or ark, it was essentially a life buoy. An unsinkable bobber full of Gods faithful. No matter what kind of wave cascaded over the ark, they landed upright. You see, by faith, they were all "in" and GOD had shut the door. They where safe through and by Him!

The saying today is..."Life comes at you fast" and Amen to that. It sure does. Like Noah we too trust in Christ as the one who builds his house upon the ROCK and He is the door so that when, I mind you, When the floods come, the foundation remains steadfast and sure. The one who's trust is in the Lord has this advantage, No matter what life throws at you, you land on your feet.
Psalm 46
1 God is our refuge and strength,
an ever-present help in trouble.
2 Therefore we will not fear, though the earth give way
and the mountains fall into the heart of the sea,

3 though its waters roar and foam
and the mountains quake with their surging.
Selah

Let me also propose this to you. God may allow tremendous amounts of discomfort and trouble into your life if the ultimate result is many coming to Christ. Let us not forget the insults that were heaped upon Noah even from his own. But His faith and perseverance resulted in the salvation of many.
Trust in the Lord...Christ has calmed our sea!! Perhaps through you he will calm others.

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