Song # 1044.1 from Our Gospel In Song Collection by Col Johnston. We read in the Book of Genesis in chapter 9 that after the great flood, God made a covenant with Noah, and all living creatures, for all generations to come, that there will never be another flood to destroy the earth.
God blessed Noah and his sons, saying to them “Be fruitful and increase in number and fill the earth” (Genesis 9:1). God said to Noah and to his sons with him (Genesis 9:8), “I now establish my covenant with you and with your descendants after you” (Genesis 9:9), “and with every living creature that was with you, the birds, the livestock and all the wild animals, all those that came out of the ark with you, every living creature on earth” (Genesis 9:10). “I establish my covenant with you: Never again will all life be cut off by the waters of a flood, never again will there be a flood to destroy the earth” (Genesis 9:11). And God said “This is the sign of the covenant I am making between me and you and every living creature with you, a covenant for all generations to come” (Genesis 9:12). “I have set my rainbow in the clouds, and it will be the sign of the covenant between me and the earth” (Genesis 9:13). “Whenever I bring clouds over the earth and the rainbow appears in the clouds” (Genesis 9:14), “I will remember the covenant between me and you and all living creatures of every kind. Never again will the waters become a flood to destroy all life” (Genesis 9:15). “Whenever the rainbow appears in the clouds, I will see it and remember the everlasting covenant between God and all living creatures of every kind on the earth” (Genesis 9:16). So God said to Noah “This is the sign of the covenant I have established between me and all life on earth” (Genesis 9:17).
Thought for today: be in partnership with God, and your future is assured.
Thought for the future: more important than how long you may live, is where will you spend eternity? Where will you spend your eternity?