Genesis 6:18-22
18 But with thee will I establish my covenant; and thou shalt come into the ark, thou, and thy sons, and thy wife, and thy sons’ wives with thee.
19 And of every living thing of all flesh, two of every sort shalt thou bring into the ark, to keep them alive with thee; they shall be male and female.
20 Of fowls after their kind, and of cattle after their kind, of every creeping thing of the earth after his kind, two of every sort shall come unto thee, to keep them alive.
21 And take thou unto thee of all food that is eaten, and thou shalt gather it to thee; and it shall be for food for thee, and for them.
22 Thus did Noah; according to all that God commanded him, so did he.
Noah built the ark first and foremost in obedience to God. While the rain came to judge, the ark was built to spare life. Not only for Noah’s sake, but for the sake of other living things. Maybe the Lord has bid us to be like Noah, but don’t forget the food stored (spiritual and natural) is not only for you, but the others who would come in the ark with you.
Death to Self Devotional 
Dreams from the LORD 2011-2023
6 February 2023
Last night I had a dream where I was with this large crowd of people. We were outside; there were some buildings in the immediate area. I don’t know if it was some sort of big picnic or social gathering. Then something happened–some calamity–and we were all herded into these buildings. At first, I was a bit concerned: I thought we were being forced into these buildings against our will (but it was really the Hand of God). Then I discovered that everybody inside the buildings were Christians.
The wicked were outside the buildings; they became angry. They would yell at us and bang on the door to try to get inside the building I was in. The wicked would walk by the windows and yell obscenities and give us obscene gestures. Someone even took a sledgehammer and tried to break the door down, but they were not able. The door was just a simple, wooden door and the guy with the sledgehammer could not break it down. Then this one guy from the outside opened the same door and walked inside and closed the door. He smiled at us. He was the last one to come inside our building. He was a Christian, so he was able to open the door. The wicked were not able to open the door. We who were inside the building were being protected by the Lord.
This reminds me of Noah’s Ark. After Noah and his sons completed the Ark, the Lord brought all the animals onto the Ark. After the animals and Noah’s family were safely inside the Ark, the Lord closed the door. After the Lord closed the door, no one from the outside could get inside the Ark. A week later, the fountains of the deep were broken up and the firmament collapsed and fell as rain and destroyed all the living from the face of the earth (Genesis 7).
Isaiah 26:20: “Come, my people, enter thou into thy chambers, and shut thy doors about thee: hide thyself as it were for a little moment, until the indignation be overpast.”
Psalm 57:1: “Be merciful unto me, O God, be merciful unto me: for my soul trusteth in thee: yea, in the shadow of thy wings will I make my refuge, until these calamities be overpast.”
There is perfect protection in the Presence of God.
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