NOVEMBER 4, Hebrews 2:3

“This is quite a storm!” exclaimed Grandpa, watching from the front window as the rain poured down. His house was right next to the Bedok Reservoir. Ellen and Andy came out to stand beside him. Wideeyed, they watched the trees blowing in the wind. “Grandpa,” said Andy, “there was a news report on TV, and it said the roads all through this area are almost impassable because of a few fallen trees, so we can’t get out of here, can we?”

“Not by car,” said Grandpa, “but I’m afraid the lower part of Bedok South Park might be flooded if the flash rains continue!” When Grandpa mentioned “Bedok South Park”, Andy remembered a friend,Teck Leng ,who told him that she was going there with her family! Andy called Teck Leng and told her about the potential flooding. But she was not concerned. “That area has never been flooded, and I’m sure it won’t now,” she said.

Teck Leng was not a Christian, but she joked saying, “Well! Well! It isn’t like Noah and his ark! Are you trying to be like a little version of Noah?” Andy sighed. “I wish she’d listen,” he said, “but she won’t, so we’ll just hope that the place won’t flood.”

Teck Leng and family did go to Bedok South Park and that place indeed was flooded. Although no one was hurt, that was an experience Teck Leng did not ever want to go through again. “Your friend teased you about being a little ‘Noah,’ remember?” asked Ellen. “No one believed Noah when he warned them about a flood, just like Teck Leng did not believe you.”

Grandpa shook his head.“Noah and his family were safe because they believed God,” he mused. “They’re an example of those who trust in Christ. Only those who have accepted Jesus as their personal Saviour will be safe when God’s judgment comes.” “That could come at any time too, couldn’t it?” Ellen asked.

“That’s right,” Grandpa agreed. “It’s sad when lives are lost because people don’t believe warnings of coming trouble. It’s even more sad when souls are lost because they don’t believe warnings about God’s judgment.”

Thought: Have you trusted Jesus as your Saviour?

Prayer: Heavenly Father, please help me to preach the Gospel to the unsaved and to warn them about impending judgment and hell, should they die in their sins. In Jesus’ name I pray, Amen.