Days of Noah 8-30-05

Good morning, Lord Jesus. Be my quiet in the midst of the storm; be my high tower in the midst of the flood. By Your grace and in response to Your love, I put my hope and trust in You moment by moment and day by day. ... We pray for those who are devastated by the storms and floods at New Orleans and along the Gulf Coast. Many have lost everything, even their lives. Others will only come to find out in the days ahead of the depths of destruction. In a moment, the lives they knew were changed forever. Some see You now face to face and others wish they could. Some were prepared for eternity and some were not, yet eternity came. In the places of refuge and shelter, let those who know You as their source of security and peace bring hope and peace to those who don't. Use every moment of this tragedy to lead them into the security of Your arms. Let those of us who are not there reach out in prayer and in labor as You would lead in Your love. You are a loving and merciful God "who desires everyone to be saved and to come to a knowledge of the truth" (1 Timothy 2.4). So let us each be prepared in our hearts and souls for the days of the storms and floods that will come bursting into our lives as they did into theirs. "Just as it was in the days of Noah, so too it will be in the days of the Son of Man. They were eating and drinking, and marrying and being given in marriage, until the day Noah entered the ark, and the flood came and destroyed all of them. Likewise, just as it was in the days of Lot; they were eating and drinking, buying and selling, planting and building, but on the day that Lot left Sodom, it rained fire and sulfur from heaven and destroyed all of them -- it will be like that on the day the Son of Man is revealed. On that day, anyone on the housetop who has belongings in the house must not come down to take them away; and likewise anyone in the field must not turn back. Remember Lot's wife. Those who try to make their life secure will lose it, but those who lose their life will keep it" (Luke 17.26-33). We do not know when that day will come and we do not know when our day will come. But we do know we can be prepared. If we have our lives entrusted to You, even though our earthly lives and all we know of life on this earth be washed away in a moment, yet shall we live forever secure in You (John 11.25-26). "The Lord sits enthroned over the flood; the Lord sits enthroned as King forever. May the Lord give strength to His people. May the Lord bless His people with peace" (Psalm 29.10-11). In Jesus' name we pray, Amen. Be encouraged this day! In the Love of Jesus, Tommy Hays To subscribe/unsubscribe, please send a note to me at Messiah Ministries MessiahMin@aol.com -- "Preparing the Way of the Lord." Our address for ministry and contributions: 2800 Tates Creek Rd.; Lexington, Kentucky 40502. Come to The Fountain the 3rd Saturday night of every month. Daily archives: www.morningbymorning.blogspot.com andwww.morningbymorning.injesus.com