Motivation Morsel - October 20, 2026
Genesis 7: 17 The flood was forty days on the earth; the water grew higher and floated the ark, so that it was lifted up off the earth. 18 The water overflowed the earth and grew deeper, until the ark floated on the surface of the water. 19 The water overpowered the earth mightily; all the high mountains under the entire sky were covered; 20 the water covered the mountains by more than twenty-two-and-a-half feet. 21 All living beings that moved on the earth perished — birds, livestock, other animals, insects, and every human being, 22 everything in whose nostrils was the breath of the spirit of life; whatever was on dry land died. 23 He wiped out every living thing on the surface of the ground — not only human beings, but livestock, creeping animals and birds in the air. They were wiped out from the earth; only Noach was left, along with those who were with him in the ark.
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Matthew 7:13 “Go in through the narrow gate; for the gate that leads to destruction is wide and the road broad, and many travel it; 14 but it is a narrow gate and a hard road that leads to life, and only a few find it.
15 “Beware of the false prophets! They come to you wearing sheep’s clothing, but underneath they are hungry wolves! 16 You will recognize them by their fruit. Can people pick grapes from thorn bushes, or figs from thistles? 17 Likewise, every healthy tree produces good fruit, but a poor tree produces bad fruit. 18 A healthy tree cannot bear bad fruit, or a poor tree good fruit. 19 Any tree that does not produce good fruit is cut down and thrown in the fire! 20 So you will recognize them by their fruit.
21 “Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord!’ will enter the Kingdom of Heaven, only those who do what my Father in heaven wants. 22 On that Day, many will say to me, ‘Lord, Lord! Didn’t we prophesy in your name? Didn’t we expel demons in your name? Didn’t we perform many miracles in your name?’ 23 Then I will tell them to their faces, ‘I never knew you! Get away from me, you workers of lawlessness!’[a]
24 “So, everyone who hears these words of mine and acts on them will be like a sensible man who built his house on bedrock. 25 The rain fell, the rivers flooded, the winds blew and beat against that house, but it didn’t collapse, because its foundation was on rock. 26 But everyone who hears these words of mine and does not act on them will be like a stupid man who built his house on sand. 27 The rain fell, the rivers flooded, the wind blew and beat against that house, and it collapsed — and its collapse was horrendous!”
28 When Yeshua had finished saying these things, the crowds were amazed at the way he taught, 29 for he was not instructing them like their Torah-teachers but as one who had authority himself.
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Revelation 3:7 “To the angel of the Messianic Community in Philadelphia, write: ‘Here is the message of HaKadosh, the True One, the one who has the key of David, who, if he opens something, no one else can shut it, and if he closes something, no one else can open it. 8 “I know what you are doing. Look, I have put in front of you an open door, and no one can shut it. I know that you have but little power, yet you have obeyed my message and have not disowned me. 9 Here, I will give you some from the synagogue of the Adversary, those who call themselves Jews but aren’t — on the contrary, they are lying — see, I will cause them to come and prostrate themselves at your feet, and they will know that I have loved you. 10 Because you did obey my message about persevering, I will keep you from the time of trial coming upon the whole world to put the people living on earth to the test. 11 I am coming soon; hold on to what you have, so that no one will take away your crown. 12 I will make him who wins the victory a pillar in the Temple of my G-d, and he will never leave it. Also I will write on him the name of my G-d and the name of my G-d’s city, the new Yerushalayim coming down out of heaven from my G-d, and my own new name. 13 Those who have ears, let them hear what the Spirit is saying to the Messianic communities.”’
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I was awakened early this morning to read Chapter 7. Verse 23 jumped off the page at me. I saw the “only Noach (Noah) was left, along with those whose were with him in the ark.”Family, as it grows darker and sin increases on the earth, we have to become okay with less and less people walking with us, and be well with only those who are in the ark of safety. Yeshua is our ark of safety.
I was then led to Matthew 7. This part hurt to hear but it helped me. Verse 21, “Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord!’ will enter the Kingdom of Heaven, only those who do what my Father in heaven wants.” Trust when the Most High removes people from your life or tells you to let them go. The Most High is the judge and knows who is with Him and who is not. It is for our good. Do not be blinded or fooled by emotions. Verse 24 tells us to be sensible and to hear His words and act on them.
The Most High knows what’s best. Some relationships have to end. Let Him do the sifting. I am certain Noah knew people around him, yet when the Flood came, he had to leave all of them behind and obey G-d. Only eight people went in the ark. Then the Most High shut the door. When the door opened again, all other living beings had been wiped from the earth. Similarly, Revelation 3 lets us know that when the Most High shuts a door, no man can open it. He does not want us deceived by those who are of “the synagogue of the Adversary.”
Beloved, there is a sifting taking place in 5787. Trust the Most High. Trust the process. He knows what He is doing. I heard to say in closing, “Be okay to go it alone on this leg of the journey if they don’t want the Most High like you do. It’s okay. You are never alone for the Most High is with you and carrying you in the ark of safety.”
Meditate on “Never Alone” by Walter Hawkins
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