DAILY READINGS: Leviticus 2; Psalms 99-101; Acts 25:13-27
And it came to pass in the six hundredth and first year, in the first
month, the first day of the month, the waters were dried up from
off the earth: and Noah removed the covering of the ark, and
looked, and, behold, the face of the ground was dry. Genesis 8:13
The flood experience is linked to Noah’s birthday (Gen 7:11). On
his 601st birthday he opened up the ark. What a celebration Noah
had that day! After nearly a year of being shut up and tossed about
in the ark, he could look out and see the result of God’s salvation. The
whole earth will be made right one day and it will be at the resurrection—
the redemption of our bodies. What a celebration that will be!
Let us, with patience, wait for it. —Tom Steere
Lord, now we wait for Thee to come and take us to Thy Father’s home;
Oh, what ecstatic joy ‘twill be to spend eternity with Thee! —J. G. Deck