Favor

As I look out the window over our yard and across the front pasture, I see the snow that's fallen overnight and the early morning. It brings to mind that Christians are a lot like what I see. Jesus' blood has washed us white as snow, much like God bathed our little Ghost Town in snow overnight. Our humanness, our immorality, our sin is like the dead, brown grass that pokes through. Because we are human and fall short of God's glory, that brown grass can get in our way of seeing the snow, Jesus' sacrifice and our salvation; God's gift to us.

This morning's devotion brought me to Genesis 6:9-22 and more specifically, v. 9 "This is the account of Noah.  Noah was a righteous man, blameless among the people of his time, and he walked with God."  God knows we are not perfect in character, but we can live our lives with genuine faith in God. Walking with God as Noah did.

We live in a corrupt, wicked world, much like Noah did. I believe we are living in the last days. The signs are there. God is redding up my mansion in Glory where there will be no more laundry or dusting or vacuuming. There will be no night for there will be no need for rest. He is preparing to tell Jesus, "Son, go get your children." Listen here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l3xu5U__n3U be sure to watch the video...I still have chills!

"May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be pleasing in your sight, O LORD, my ROCK and my Redeemer." Psalm 19:14 NIV  In doing so, we can find favor in the eyes of the LORD.