When the River Refused to Drown the Church

When the River Refused to Drown the Church
Scripture Focus: Psalm 93:4 (KJV)
"The Lord on high is mightier than the noise of many waters, yea, than the mighty waves of the sea."

In 1937, the Ohio River rose—and kept rising.

For weeks, relentless rain pounded the heartland. Towns were swallowed. Homes vanished. Over a million people were displaced. Entire cities drowned under muddy, merciless floodwaters. It was one of the most devastating natural disasters in American history.

But in the middle of the chaos, something happened.

In Louisville, Kentucky, as water threatened to engulf everything—a small, Spirit-filled church refused to shut its doors.
The building stood at the edge of where the flood was supposed to take over.
Sandbags were laid. Prayers were louder than the storm.
And Sunday morning came.

They worshiped in boots.
They preached with water lapping at the door.
They shouted until Heaven heard them.

And then… the water stopped rising.
Right at the threshold.

It held.

No scientific explanation could account for it. Buildings all around were lost. But the church stood—dry on the inside, filled with power, soaked in revival.

Here’s the word:

The noise of the flood never drowns out the voice of the Lord.
The waves may shout, but He still speaks louder.
When you stand on His Word, the waters remember who’s really in charge.

That little church didn’t just survive the flood—they became a landmark of the miraculous.

And maybe this weekend, God’s not calling you to escape the flood—maybe He’s calling you to stand in it, shout in it, and believe that your threshold is the line the storm won’t cross.

Because when the waves roar, and the floodwaters rise,
your God rises higher.