Coming Out Better

My pastor posed a question using the story of Noah. After the calamities in your life, did you come out any better? That question alone will preach and make you question exactly where you are in your life’s journey.

It’s disappointing to come through storms and trials and not have learned anything. To keep making the same mistakes. To keep going back to the same man. To keep overdrafting your bank account. To keep regaining the same pounds. I’m not talking about you. I’m talking about myself.

He also talked about the fact that Noah made it through his storm because of the boat that he built. He didn’t try to get in someone else’s ark. His life and the life of his family depended on the quality of the boat that he created.

See Noah listened to God’s instructions in a dry season. He hadn’t even ever seen rain, but he trusted that God knew what He was talking about. So day after day, he followed God’s instructions. And when the flood and torrential rains came, he had manufactured a boat that was able to weather the storm.

What kind of boat are you building right now? Do you spend time reading even a short scripture every day? Do you pray? If you do pray, do you ever sit still to give God time to respond? Are you even concerned about hearing God’s voice?

Ya’ll I’m working on my boat. I’m leaning on His word because one day the flood and torrential rains will come. It will probably be something I haven’t ever heard of or seen before, and I need to be prepared. Because I can only come out better if I survive the flood. #wepreach