A word from the Pastor
New Year Peaks
“And the waters decreased continually until the tenth month. In the tenth month on the first day of the month the tops of the mountains were seen.”
Genesis 8:5
On the first day of 2012 I preached this message and I want to go over it again today. The book of Genesis is a book of beginnings. This verse has a unique application to today.
The 10th month here corresponds with our January and the 1st day is our January the first 2012. January = means the door of the year.
On that First day an exhilarating discovery was made! Uncovered mountain tops were seen. The flood was declining.
Noah was 120 years building the Ark, and God told him when to go in, but did not tell him when he would come out! Noah had to have faith and patience for he was in the Ark for 1 year and 17 days. Gen 8:1 “Then God remembered Noah”!!
He will never forget you and I, and will do all He has promised to do in His word, so much is yet to come to pass.
What do those mountain peaks speak to us today?
1. Divine Promises please look up 2Peter 1:4
Exceedingly great and precious promises!!
His presence, protection, provision
Throughout this year
“Oh” the peaks of God’s love and promises
2. Mountain-tops of Spiritual possibilities
Look up and look out at the view from the top of the mountain that you will not see in the valleys.
Some of God’s people live, as it were, in the basement of the Ark, in the twilight of a Faith which is never quite sure.
They lie against the ribs of the ship, hearing the thud of the waters and nervously asking whether the Ark can survive the strain and whether or not Salvation will last.
As the New Year comes in climb the Ark, gaze out from higher places with assurance of Faith.
An old Hymn we used to sing;
I’m pressing on the upward way,
New heights I’m gaining every day.
Still praying as I onward bound,
Lord plant my feet on higher ground.
So much more I want to say!! So more on this next week.
Have a blessed week!
Love you all heaps.
Ps Stuart and Colleen
Related posts:
- New Year Peaks Part 2
- 01 January 2012 – New Year Peaks – Pastor Stuart Price
- Happy New Year 2012 – A New Door Opens
- 08 January 2012 – Will This Year Be Different to Last Year? – Pastor Stuart Price
- 2011 A New Year – A Word from the Pastor
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