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Daily Devotionals
Day by Day Devotional - Year 1 of 5
Genesis 8:6-22
Without any means of propulsion and without a rudder, the ark, which God is guiding with a sure hand, lands on Mount Ararat. One would think that Noah could come out now, but he waits and many more days pass. He entered into the ark at God’s command and he wants to come out only at God’s command. The dove which cannot settle anywhere and which returns to the ark, is a type of the Spirit of God which has no place in a condemned world. But when Jesus comes, the Spirit will then be able to settle upon Him in this same pure form of a dove (Matthew 3:16). Today the same is true of the believer who possesses the Holy Spirit: he does not find in the world any spiritual food or anything to satisfy his heart. On the contrary, the natural man is at ease here, a type of this being the raven, an unclean bird according to Leviticus 11:15, which feeds on corrupt flesh.
At last Noah comes out of the ark at the commandment of the LORD. The first thing he does is to offer a sacrifice to God, who has first claim on this earth, cleansed of its filth, and a sweet savour goes up to Him.
Have we not also often known deliverances, either large or small, in our lives? Let us never forget to give thanks — first of all for "so great salvation" (Hebrews 2:3).
