I was reflecting this morning and the thought that crossed my mind is how man, left to his own devices, can be a destructive force. But with Christ as our moral compass and guide, all things become new and all things are possible.
During creation, we see where God was pleased with man as the scripture states: “And God saw everything that He had made, and behold, it was very good (suitable, pleasant) and He approved it completely. And there was evening and there was morning, a sixth day.”
Genesis 1:31 AMPC
However, as time passed, God began to have regrets because man in his fallen state was in a place “that every imagination and intention of all human thinking was only evil continually”.
As leaders, we may find ourselves in a situation where we are building for the future with high expectations; however, we see chaos, deception, confusion, and strife surrounding us.
Despite what is happening around us the Bible reminds us that “there is nothing new under the sun” (Ecclesiastes 1:9 AMPC ) and therefore we also live in a time where the thoughts of Man are evil continuously. Their minds, words and deeds are toward those things which are evil.
“But Noah found grace (favor) in the eyes of the Lord.”
And so can we by declaring Psalms 91 that God:
⁃ He is our Refuge and our Fortress, our God; on Him we lean and rely, and in Him We [confidently] trust!
⁃ He will deliver us from the snare of the fowler and from the deadly pestilence.
⁃ He will cover us with His pinions, and under His wings shall we trust and find refuge
⁃ His truth and His faithfulness are a shield and a buckler.
⁃ We shall not be afraid of the terror of the night, nor of the arrow (the evil plots and slanders of the wicked) that flies by day, Nor of the pestilence that stalks in darkness, nor of the destruction and sudden death that surprise and lay waste at noonday.
⁃ A thousand may fall at our side, and ten thousand at our right hand, but it shall not come near us.”
In Jesus Name, Amen.
Be Blessed!
Be a Blessing!
“The Lord saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination and intention of all human thinking was only evil continually.
And the Lord regretted that He had made man on the earth, and He was grieved at heart.
So the Lord said, I will destroy, blot out, and wipe away mankind, whom I have created from the face of the ground–not only man, [but] the beasts and the creeping things and the birds of the air–for it grieves Me and makes Me regretful that I have made them.
But Noah found grace (favor) in the eyes of the Lord.”
Genesis 6:5-8 AMPC
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