Today’s devotion comes from Genesis 7:6-16. Here is a link to this Scripture – https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genesis+7&version=NASB1995
I quote only the following verses.
“On the very same day Noah and Shem and Ham and Japheth, the sons of Noah, and Noah’s wife and the three wives of his sons with them, entered the ark, they and every beast after its kind, and all the cattle after their kind, and every creeping thing that creeps on the earth after its kind, and every bird after its kind, all sorts of birds. So they went into the ark to Noah, by twos of all flesh in which was the breath of life. Those that entered, male and female of all flesh, entered as God had commanded him; and the LORD closed it behind him.” Genesis 7:13-16.
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We meditate on the significance of the phrase: “and the LORD closed it behind him.”
This phrase speaks of both of the sovereignty of the LORD and the tender care of the LORD.
We may think that we go forth boldly and obey God, but God is before us having prepared our good work. “For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand so that we would walk in them.” Ephesians 2:10. “for it is God who is at work in you, both to will and to work for His good pleasure.” Philippians 2:13. “For I am confident of this very thing, that He who began a good work in you will perfect it until the day of Christ Jesus.” Philippians 1:6.
We may think that we smartly and safely arrive, but God is behind us having enclosed us safely.
As stated by the following Scripture: “You have enclosed me behind and before, And laid Your hand upon me.” “If I dwell in the remotest part of the sea, Even there Your hand will lead me, And Your right hand will lay hold of me.”
“O LORD, You have searched me and known me.
2 You know when I sit down and when I rise up;
You understand my thought from afar.
3 You scrutinize my path and my lying down,
And are intimately acquainted with all my ways.
4 Even before there is a word on my tongue,
Behold, O LORD, You know it all.
5 You have enclosed me behind and before,
And laid Your hand upon me.
6 Such knowledge is too wonderful for me;
It is too high, I cannot attain to it.
7 Where can I go from Your Spirit?
Or where can I flee from Your presence?
8 If I ascend to heaven, You are there;
If I make my bed in Sheol, behold, You are there.
9 If I take the wings of the dawn,
If I dwell in the remotest part of the sea,
10 Even there Your hand will lead me,
And Your right hand will lay hold of me.” Psalm 139:1-10.
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