Reformed Doctrine Daily Devotions

Today’s devotion comes from Genesis 9:1-7.

“And God blessed Noah and his sons and said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth. 2 The fear of you and the terror of you will be on every beast of the earth and on every bird of the sky; with everything that creeps on the ground, and all the fish of the sea, into your hand they are given. 3 Every moving thing that is alive shall be food for you; I give all to you, as I gave the green plant. 4 Only you shall not eat flesh with its life, that is, its blood. 5 Surely I will require your lifeblood; from every beast I will require it. And from every man, from every man’s brother I will require the life of man.

6 “Whoever sheds man’s blood,
By man his blood shall be shed,
For in the image of God
He made man.
7 “As for you, be fruitful and multiply;
Populate the earth abundantly and multiply in it.” Genesis 9:1-7.

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God sent out Noah, his sons, and his daughter-in-laws out of the ark onto the earth that He had flooded and had blotted out every living thing that was upon the face of the land, except Noah and those that were with him in the ark.  

But, as today’s Scripture shows, God did not send them out without His blessing, empty-handed. Today’s Scripture shows God’s protection, God’s provision for sustenance, and God’s purpose that He gave them.    

God sent them out with His protection as we can see in verses 2, 5, and 6.

God sent them out with His provision for sustenance in verse 3.

God sent them out with His purpose.  

“… For in the image of God
He made man.
7 “As for you, be fruitful and multiply;
Populate the earth abundantly and multiply in it.” Verses 6-7.

We too can expect God’s protection, God’s provision for sustenance, and God’s purpose, and we should eagerly seek, meditate, and pray for these elements.  We can also see these elements in the Lord’s Prayer which can help us to do so.

“9 “Pray, then, in this way:

‘Our Father who is in heaven,
Hallowed be Your name.
10 ‘Your kingdom come.
Your will be done,
On earth as it is in heaven.
11 ‘Give us this day our daily bread.
12 ‘And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors.
13 ‘And do not lead us into temptation, but deliver us from evil. [For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen.’] Matthew 6:9-13.