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“ A Comforting Sermon ”
Pastor Pickett:
What a blessing this sermon was to my soul! Thank you for expounding upon this portion of Scripture, and so showing me the lovely portrait of Christ typified by the ark into which Noah and his family were bid to come in! The design;the door;the window; the pitch;the invitation. All of God.
I can well remember, in a time of great affliction through sickness . . when doubts, fears, uncertainties, anxieties seemed to be my portion, when this storm of life caused me much torment, distress and unrest, both in body and in soul. How often did my cry go up to God . ."What time I am afraid, I will trust in thee."
Ps. 56:3) Though I confess initially I did not see it as such, over the course of the illness I realized that the Lord had ordained these things for my good, that through my sickness, and the seclusion it imposed upon me, he might "shut me in with Him", for it was then I clearly heard the "still small voice" inviting ME to come unto Christ, the ark of the Covenant into which by faith, I too have been embraced, and have truly have found rest for my weary soul!
Now in retrospect I can say with the psalmist . . .
"it is good for me that I have been afflicted;
Ps. 119:71a
I thank my God, that I like Noah, have found grace in the sight of God! |
