The Ark We Build

Michael E. Wood

August 26, 2011

And without faith it is impossible to please Him, for whoever would draw near to God must believe that He exists and that He rewards those who seek Him. By faith Noah, being warned of God concerning events as yet unseen, in reverent fear constructed an ark for the saving of his household. Hebrews 11:6, 7

As blood bought children of God we are given the grace to desire Him, to seek Him, and praise His precious Name, to find Him! Through Christ, He has translated us out of the kingdom of darkness into the kingdom of His dear Son, and enabled us by faith to please Him. As the ark is a type of Christ, so likewise, Noah in constructing the ark was a type of Christ building His church of which the gates of hell shall not prevail against it. As He, that is Christ, is in all who are His, we find ourselves embraced in the great privilege of being co- laborers together with Christ, and thus we build…..

The ark we build, we build by faith

And pray God will impress

Upon the hearts of mortal men

His holy righteousness

Which cometh not by sacrifice

Or anything we do

But only by the blood of Christ

Whose will imposed on you

By His Mighty Spirit written

On your heart and mind

Will give you such a conscience that

In Him you will then find

The peace that passes understanding

Coming from above

That caused you to be born again

Out of the Father’s love.

For not of human passion or

Through best laid plans of men

Will you ever know that God

Is love or comprehend

The truth about yourself and

Even more the awful cost

That Jesus paid, redeeming all

His own who were so lost

That nothing of this world

Could ever fully satisfy

The justice of a perfect God,

Except the He should die.

And so from wrath, He has delivered

All who look and live

By faith in Jesus only and

To Him the glory give!