I never thought ABOUT THIS BEFORE:

I have always thought that NOAH was safe inside the Ark because he built it according to God's specifications.

I thought perhaps it was the strength of the gopher wood & the soundness of the Architecture that ensured that the waters of the flood wouldn't come into the Ark.

Today I encountered a verse that shifted this whole paradigm.

Let's read what. Genesis 7:16

says .." The animals going in were male & female of every living thing as God had commanded Noah...

*THEN GOD SHUT HIM IN...

Don't miss this.

..even after Noah had built the Ark, it was God HIMSELF who shut them in, in order to shut out the waters of the flood...

In other translations this verse says "The Lord sealed them inside."

May the Almighty God seal us inside His Ark of protection through the 2nd half of 2022!!

It is not the fact that you have locked your house that keeps you safe at night,

it is not your good driving skills that keep you safe on the road,

nor it's your healthy eating habits that keep you healthy -

only God can shut you in & shut out the devil that is seeking to devour you.

Father, we pray that in this 2nd half of the year, as we walk into the streets & as we drive on the roads, Oh God, shut us in...

we pray for our children, that in the midst of dangers & molesters...

You will shut them in, & keep out the flood waters of abuse, rape, murder, accidents, diseases, & untimely death...

Oh God shut us in, shut us in your Ark of protection, into your Ark of compassion...

In Jesus' Name...Amen.