St Edburg's Church - Bicester

“It was not raining when Noah started building the ark.”          

 

“It was not raining when Noah started building the ark,” my old boss used to say.  It was not that he was in any way religious, but what he was saying was “look forward to what is to come and be ready.”  Noah as we know, was obedient to God and this was expressed in his Faith.  The ark was a place of refuge and in it Noah and his family were saved from the flood.

 

I usually look in a mirror at least twice per day, once to comb my hair and once to shave.  Today, as I looked and asked myself, “am I ready like Noah to be saved?”  Quite a normal thought I think, this being the season of Lent followed by Easter.  What does Easter really mean, it's got to be more than Chocolate Eggs, Easter Bunnies and four days off work!

 

Easter for me is like Noah's Ark, God's rescue plan for the people of the world.  God wants to save us all from all our wrong doing, (the bible calls it Sin).  To do this  “God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him may not perish but may have eternal life” (John 3:16).  Our Lord Jesus Christ was crucified on Good Friday to pay for our sins and then rose from the dead on Easter Sunday to show everyone he had conquered death. Eternal life for all who call on the name of the Lord and acknowledge Jesus as their Saviour.

 

Philip Wilson – Sunday 16th March 2025