"By faith Noah, being forewarned by God concerning events of which are yet there was no visible sign, took heed and diligently constructed and prepared an ark for the deliverance of his own family" (Hebrews 11:7).

Last night, my church had a meeting on how to get read for a possible Avian flu pandemic.  My pastor had a dream last week to pray that the flu will not find a way to replicate from human to human, causing a pandemic.  Rick Joyner of MorningStar ministries wrote about the picture God gave him about this pandemic in 2005.  He released a prophetic bulletin about it in 2005 entitled "The Dark Cloud, the Silver Lining."  This word can be found on his website:  www.morningstarministries.org.

The Lord does nothing without first warning His people (See Amos 3:7).  This threat could possibly be on the horizon and preparation is needed for such an event. 

We live near an energy plant and an employee was present at the meeting, who said the energy plants in America have been preparing for this emergency.  If there are quarantines, they want to be able to maintain power remotely so power outages will not occur.  The charts that were used in our meeting, she says, are the same ones the power plant has been using.

We were also told that large companies have been  preparing for this event, but they have not been telling their employees to prepare because they do not want to cause anxiety and fear to rise up.  The news is aware of the upcoming threat but is not releasing it because it's not interesting news.  But if you google specifically about it, there are many news releases.

If our trust is in God, we need not fear.  This morning when I asked Him about this, He gave me specific texts.  He led me to Isaiah 31 - do not put your trust in Egypt for help - Egyptians are men and not God, horses are flesh and not spirit, etc.  But the promise comes in verse 5, "Like birds hovering, so will the Lord of hosts defend Jerusalem.  He will protect and deliver it, He will pass over and spare and preserve it."  This is my prayer over my house, my community, my state, and my country.

Being forewarned, I will  take heed, diligently construct and prepare for the deliverance of my family.  If you wish to prepare, here are some websites that can be of help:

www.pandemicflu.gov

www.who.org (World Health Organization)

www.fluwikie.com

www.getpandemicready.org (a very good  source for preparing one's home in the event of a quarantine that causes a disruption in the services we rely on.)

I know Noah was glad he was prepared.  So was his family!  So am I!