Forty Days and Forty Nights

The other evening, I was reading the story of Noah to look for some "deeper meaning." Granted to say, God blew my mind once again! We have all heard the story of the flood before-God tells Noah He is going to flood the Earth because he is displeased-its Noah's Job to build an ark and take two of each animal and his family to repopulate when the flood is over. Noah does as he is told and then the flood that will last forty days and forty nights begin. Then this verse comes:

"Finally, the water covered even the highest mountains on earth, rising more than twenty-two feet above the highest peaks."

Genesis 7:19-20

Did you get that?! Water flooded the earth more than twenty-two feet over the highest mountains! This only happened 4000-5000 years ago, which meant that Mt. Everest was probably the highest mountain on the earth. Mt. Everest is 29,029 feet high! There is not enough water on planet Earth to rise that high! Obviously God was involved in this one.

I always enjoying seeing God through his creation, but how cool is it that our Creator can put that much water on our planet and then take it all away just like that? Pretty cool I would say. Furthermore, God showed me through this scripture how powerful he truly is.We need to realize that God can do absolutely anything...no matter what the circumstance. If you are struggling with anything, just give it all to God.

Also, we need to have faith in God like Noah had. If God told me that He was going to flood the Earth and that it I was the one who needed to save humanity...I would consider myself insane. With Noah, however, he trusted God completely. If we can be faithful with God with everything we have, He can use it all to do the most incredible things. He is powerful enough to do anything and everything including using our lives for His loving purpose. There is no greater joy than trusting God with your life because you can stand affirm that He will do amazing things with it.

This week, I challenge you to trust God with every decision and action you make. Turn to him when times are good and bad. Have faith and pray He will grant you with opportunities to further His kingdom. I pray your week is peaceful and that you may give everything you do to the Lord.

Jeremiah 32:27