The Ark of Safety

“And Noah and his sons and his wife and his sons’ wives

entered the ark to escape the waters of the flood.”

Genesis 7:7



Yesterday we looked at the grace that Noah had found in the eyes of the Lord.

That grace kept him through the time of testing when he built an ark and because of that grace Noah, his wife, his sons and their wives entered the ark to escape the waters that would flood the whole earth.

Grace not only equips us, grace also protects and preserves us.

Noah and his family alone were kept safe in the ark when all the rest of humanity was destroyed.  

Some may read the account and say “How terrible!”

But there was nothing terrible about the preserving grace of God that saved 8 lives.

In chapter six of Genesis and verses 5 and 6 tell us the condition of man on the earth and the impact on God.

“The Lord saw how great man’s wickedness on the earth had become, and that every inclination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil all the time. The Lord was grieved that he had made man on the earth, and his heart was filled with pain.” 

We find mans’ every inclination was only evil all the time.

There was no thought that was good, honorable or pleasing to God. 

This behavior filled the heart of God with pain.

Yet, in the midst of this hurt, God extended grace to Noah.

He was saved from destruction and preserved so that through Noah the promise he made to Adam and Eve would be kept.

The ark became an ark of safety and preservation because it was built by grace.

God’s work of grace in your life will protect you from the eternal judgment of sin and the death sentence that it demands.  

The cross of Calvary and the blood shed there by Gods’ Son becomes our ark of safety!