So Noah Did Everything Exactly As God Had Commanded Him.

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Genesis 6; Genesis 7; Genesis 8; Luke 3

So Noah 

Did Everything Exactly

As God Had Commanded Him.

Scripture

Genesis 6
¹⁴ “Build a large boat from cypress wood and waterproof it with tar, inside and out. Then construct decks and stalls throughout its interior. ¹⁵ Make the boat 450 feet long, 75 feet wide, and 45 feet high. ¹⁶ Leave an 18-inch opening below the roof all the way around the boat. Put the door on the side, and build three decks inside the boat—lower, middle, and upper.

¹⁹ Bring a pair of every kind of animal—a male and a female—into the boat with you to keep them alive during the flood. ²⁰ Pairs of every kind of bird, and every kind of animal, and every kind of small animal that scurries along the ground, will come to you to be kept alive. ²¹ And be sure to take on board enough food for your family and for all the animals.”

²² So Noah did everything exactly as God had commanded him.

Observation

What if God told you or I do the same thing today? Even with all of our tools and modern technology building the ark would have not been an easy project for one person to do. Then what if we were told that we had to get pairs of animals and birds into the ark and keep them alive during the entire time we stayed on the boat!

“Noah did everything exactly as God had commanded him.” There are two key words in that verse that jump out when I read it: everything – exactly!

Obedience is the key to living out our faith!

God blesses us when we are obedient!

I am sure that Noah’s neighbors ridiculed him as he worked on that huge boat in his back yard. I am sure that they probably thought he was a complete idiot. I wonder what they thought when it began to rain? I wonder what they thought when the water began to rise? 

I wonder if they tried to get into the ark when it was too late?  

Application

 I will strive to be obedient in 2013 so I can continue to enjoy God’s favor. How about you?

Prayer

Heavenly Father, Noah was a man of tremendous faith. He had made a decision to live for You and You blessed him. Help me to trust You just as Noah did even when things don’t seem to make sense. I don’t have to understand everything but I do have to trust You with everything. 

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