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Morning and Evening

June 5, Morning

C. H. Spurgeon · Modern retelling

"The Lord shut him in." — Genesis 7:16 · KJV

Noah was shut in away from all the world by the hand of divine love. The door of electing purpose stands between us and the world that lies in wickedness. We are not of the world, even as our Lord Jesus was not of the world. We cannot join in the sin, the frivolity, and the pursuits of the crowd; we cannot play in the streets of Vanity Fair with the children of darkness, for our heavenly Father has shut us in. Noah was shut in with his God. "Come thou into the ark" was the Lord's invitation, by which He clearly showed that He Himself intended to dwell in the ark with His servant and his family. So all the chosen dwell in God, and God in them. Happy people, to be enclosed in the same circle that holds God in the Trinity of His persons—Father, Son, and Spirit. Let us never ignore that gracious call: "Come, my people, enter thou into thy chambers, and shut thy doors about thee, and hide thyself as it were for a little moment until the indignation be overpast." Noah was so shut in that no evil could reach him. Floods only lifted him heavenward, and winds only carried him on his way. Outside the ark all was ruin, but inside all was rest and peace. Without Christ we perish, but in Christ Jesus there is perfect safety. Noah was so shut in that he could not even wish to come out, and those who are in Christ Jesus are in Him forever. They shall go out no more, for eternal faithfulness has shut them in, and hellish malice cannot drag them out. The Prince of the house of David shuts, and no man opens; and when in the last days, as Master of the house, He rises up and shuts the door, it will be useless for mere professors of religion to knock and cry, "Lord, Lord, open unto us"—for the same door that shuts in the wise virgins will shut out the foolish forever. Lord, shut me in by Your grace.