"Now the flood was on the earth forty days. The waters increased and lifted up the ark, and it rose high above the earth. The waters prevailed and greatly increased on the earth, and the ark moved about on the surface of the waters. And the waters prevailed exceedingly on the earth and all the high hills under the whole heaven were covered. The waters prevailed fifteen cubits upward, and the mountains were covered...And the waters prevailed on the earth one hundred and fifty days."
'The flood waters prevailed and greatly increased, and the water prevailed exceedingly on the earth...' Over and over it states the flood waters prevailed, covering hills, mountains and every height there was, it prevailed, drowned it, and over took it. How often does it feel as though our flood waters have prevailed? Over come and covered all our hills climbed, mountains once conquered, heights experienced and now, the flood waters have prevailed. Or are there times where we thought the flood waters were going to prevailed over us. The flood waters were coming and you just knew, they would prevail. And no matter what hill you climbed, no matter what mountain top you stood on, you knew the flood waters would prevail. That sinking feeling when you realize you are in over your head, but at that point, who can save you? But here, though God allowed the flood waters to prevail over all the earth, it prevailed not over Noah. The one man God had made his covenant with, the one whom God, looking over the earth and seeing only evil, saw Noah as righteous and promised him a covenant with Him. What did the flood waters do instead? It raised it up. It lifted it up. 'The flood waters increased and lifted up the ark, and it rose high above the earth. The waters prevailed and greatly increased on the earth, and the ark moved about on the surface of the waters.' The flood waters made the ark raise above, it lifted it up on high and it moved on the surface of the prevailing, great, flood waters. Guess what? God does the same with our flood waters. He allows such floods to come our way to lift us up, that we may rise above it all and move on the surface of the prevailing, mighty, stormy, flood waters. That the very waters that threatened us would be the waters that would lift us up above all that was weighing us down and raise us up to our destiny.
