{"id":31101,"date":"2023-04-17T16:09:25","date_gmt":"2023-04-17T16:09:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worldchallenge.kinsta.cloud\/devotion\/get-ark\/"},"modified":"2026-10-22T18:10:20","modified_gmt":"2026-10-22T18:10:20","slug":"get-ark","status":"publish","type":"devotion","link":"https:\/\/worldchallenge.kinsta.cloud\/cs\/devotion\/get-ark\/","title":{"rendered":"Get into the Ark"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On April 9, 1680, the great Puritan preacher John Owen spoke the following message to his congregation: \u201cYou know that for many years, without failing, I have been warning you continually of an approaching calamitous time, and considering the sins that have been the causes of it\u2026 I have told you that judgment will begin in the house of God, that God seems to have hardened our hearts from his fear\u2026and that none knows what the power of his wrath will be. In all these things, I have foretold you of perilous, distressing, calamitous times\u2026 These all now lie at the door and are entering in upon us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>God did send his awful judgments on that society. John Owen lived to weep over a fiery catastrophe that engulfed London.<\/p>\n<p>Before these disasters took place, though, Owen faithfully cried out from his pulpit, \u201cI am going to show you how we ought to deport ourselves in and under the distressing calamities that are coming upon us and may reach, it may be, up to the very neck.\u201d We live in such a time today, and there is only one response to the coming storm: \u201cThe just shall live by faith!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Owen tearfully admonished his people, \u201cGet you an ark. Prepare an ark for the safety of you and your families. The ark is Jesus Christ. There is no other way\u2026 For Isaiah, the prophet, said of our Lord, \u2018And a man [Christ] shall be as an hiding place from the wind, and a covert from the tempest, as rivers of water in a dry place, as the shadows of a great rock in a weary land.\u2019 That is our ark! Blessed are they that trust only in him\u2026 I know of no safety, no deliverance, in the trials and afflictions coming upon the earth but in believing Christ as our only refuge.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>We may see dangers on all sides, but we have a fiery guard of angels surrounding us and a God who is under oath to carry us through any adversity.<\/p>\n<p>Do you want to face the coming storm with quiet confidence and peace of mind? Don\u2019t try to save yourself. Rather, commit your life wholly to God\u2019s care. He is our loving shepherd who is faithful to see us through! Fix your eyes on Jesus. 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