(This
devotional is from Amazing
Stories & Daily Devotionals, Day 342: PERSISTENCE)
God told Noah that He would bring the animals to the ark. “You shall bring two of every kind into the ark … they shall be male and female … two of every kind will come to you to keep them alive” (Gen. 6:19-20).
Obviously, the animals would need to arrive at different
times. The
cheetahs, the world’s fastest animals, were probably the first to reach the
ark. And since the snails traveled at a snail’s pace, they were probably the
last couple to arrive. Charles Spurgeon wisely stated, “By perseverance the
snail reached the ark.”
Snails
weren’t created with legs to run fast, or with wings to fly over obstacles.
They carried a house on their backs and propelled themselves along slowly, a
few millimeters at a time. They no doubt arrived later than the turtles, and
just after the tree sloughs took their own sweet time to mosey up the ramp.
Being
the last ones to board the ship, the two snails avoided being stepped on and
crushed by an elephant or a rhinoceros. God called them to the ark and by
their persistence they reached their destination.
Perhaps
you feel inferior, like a snail. You don’t have the memory of an elephant, the
eyes of an eagle, or the speed of a cheetah. But just as God made snails to be
snails and not cheetahs, He created you to be you, and not someone else.
Everyone
can learn a lesson from those little snails. By your persistence you’ll reach
the destination where God has called you. Just keep slugging away.
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God told Noah that He would bring the animals to the ark. “You shall bring two of every kind into the ark … they shall be male and female … two of every kind will come to you to keep them alive” (Gen. 6:19-20).
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NEW BIBLE STUDY: Since Jonah’s 40-day prophecy did not come to pass, does that make him a false prophet?
P.O. Box 680174
Prattville, Alabama 36068-0174
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