Sunday, 13 June 2021

THE WINNING PATIENCE - PATIENCE OF NOAH: GENESIS 6-8

Genesis 6:5(And god saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth , and that every imagination of the thought of his heart was only evil continually. 8 But Noah found grace in eyes of the LORD. 17 And, behold I, even I, do bring a flood of waters upon the earth, to destroy all flesh, wherein is the breath of life from under heaven; and everything that is in the earth shall die. 18 but with the 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 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).

The bible describes our fathers and mothers of faith as men and women who through patience obtained the promise (Hebrews 11). Patience is one of the fruit of the Spirit, which means as a believer we all need to bear it. Every promise of God requires patience to deliver; His promise is more like a covenant and your own part is to be patient and continue your good work (Galatians 5:22). I believe that Noah is the most patient man that I have come across in the scripture. His faith in God is something else; it is the winning faith. You can’t say that you have faith in God and you don’t have the patience to wait for Him. Faith and patience work together. Imagine how long it took Noah to construct such an Ark that contained all those animals. I am sure he was ridiculed by his town men; how stupid he was and has nothing good to do with his time but building nonsense Ark. They will say he is delusional, how did he know that God is going to destroy the people of the earth. The promise of God for you can only make sense to you and those who believe in God. Just like Noah, your focus should be on the assignment and the giver of the assignment not the mockers; that’s the attitude of a winner. Winners see insults as energizers; they don’t get discouraged because of what people say or how they view their assignment instead they keep moving. God wants us to have the same attitude towards our assignment if we want to be successful. Noah was not in hurry; he was diligent in his work of constructing the Ark and waited for the appointed time. He waited for one hundred years before the flood came (Genesis 5:32, 7:6). If your destiny is as huge as that Ark, then it will require the patience of Noah to manifest. You need to work with God to construct your destiny the way he wants it to be. Our God is the God of time and season (Ecclesiastes 3:1). Finally the flood came and Noah and his family entered into the Ark with those crazy animals. Lion and adder were among them and there was no record of any harm, every creature maintained their lane and remained calm. It takes Faith in God to believe that the animals will not hurt him; they were all at his command. Your faith in God will put everything in your command. And God remembered Noah (Genesis 8:1). God will remember you today in Jesus name. He will cause the water to stop so that you can step into the manifestation phase of your destiny in Jesus name. Did God actually forget that Noah was in the Ark? No, He did not; it was a trial of Faith and patience. I pray that you will not fail any trial in Jesus name. The scripture recorded that after 150 days the water abated but Noah continues to wait for the water to completely dry up. At that point I think I will jump out of the Ark but that would have been wrong because without complete patience you will not achieve your desired result, your result will develop pimples. We are part of the result of Noah’s patience because without his work with God the human race would have been extinct. And the LORD visited Sarah as He has promised (Genesis 21:1-3). He is a covenant keeping God; if He has promised to visit you, please wait for Him because He will definitely come. He is constructing your Ark and it will soon be ready. If Elizabeth and Zechariah knew that they were waiting for Mary to grow and conceive the messiah they wouldn’t have bothered about their childlessness (Luke 1:1-37). People will write stories about your patience and exploits in Jesus' name. Noah found grace in God because he positioned himself and his heart was right with God. In case your heart is not yet connected with God, here is another opportunity.  

Lord Jesus, I come to you today, I am a sinner, and I cannot help myself, forgive me my sins, and cleanse me with your precious blood. Deliver me from sin and Satan to serve the living God. Lord Jesus, I accept you as my Lord and savior. Now I know I am Born Again, Amen.

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