Daily Devotion: Preserved in Him

In Genesis, the Lord directed Noah to build an ark because judgment was coming on the world.

While he was building, the people scoffed at him because there was no sign of rain. "Will God actually destroy the world with water?" they ask, jeering at him.

Noah wasn't dissuaded however; he carried on till he completed the ark. The Lord had instructed him saying,......Genesis 7: 2-3

Noah did accordingly, and soon as he got into the ark with his family, and all the animals, God shut the door after them.
Shortly, it got cloudy, and windy; and rains began to fall until the whole world eas submerged in the ensuing deluge. The people thought it would stop, but it didn't, until it destroyed all men and animals on earth.

However, not so for the ark and those in it: the higher the water rose, the higher it lifted the ark and made it easy for it to glide along.
The same water that destroyed others, preserved Noah and his family; because they were in the ark.

That ark is symbolic of Christ. To be in Christ is to be in God's secret place of rest and protection. Read Psalms 91: 1-2.

Christ is your refuge! If you're in Him, you have nothing to fear because you're in safety. There may be a social or economic flood destroying men's lives today, but the same waters will bear you up and preserve you.