I sometimes wonder how the world looked like to Noah and company as they stepped/crawled/flew off the ark. Everything was fresh and new. And silent, broken by their voices and feet and hooves and paws. No mankind making things complicated with unbridled wickedness. Noah, his family, and the animals literally got a fresh start.
Sometimes that is all I ask for: a fresh start. A reset button. A new beginning. And while a second worldwide flood would be downright cataclysmic if it were to happen today, it is unlikely. God promised there’ll be no more flooding. "I will establish My covenant or pledge with you: Never again shall all flesh be cut off by the waters of a flood; neither shall there ever again be a flood to destroy the earth and make it corrupt" (Genesis 9:11).
I am thankful of that promise, and of God’s temperance. With all the evil going on in the world right now, God is practicing divine self-restraint from annihilating all of us. And Jesus has died and risen again. Jesus has satisfied God’s justice forever.
And yet I long for that fresh start. Christians believe that Jesus will return to earth and rule as everlasting King, and then everything will be made beautiful and perfect. There will be no more sin or evil. A reset button that comes with a perk: everything is rebooted and remade to God’s perfect specifications.
But until then, I ask God for a specific kind of flood. I ask God daily to flood my heart with his love and presence, and make my heart new and fresh every morning. That is a kind of flood I welcome from the King.
"Father, you are King over the flood… I will be still and know you are God."
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