Noah

Reading Genesis 6:1-8:17 and a few things occured to me. Here we have Noah - a man minding his own business, taking care of his family, but caught the eye of God. Of all the people on earth only one man was pleasing to God - Noah.

Noah then embarked on the adventure of a lifetime. No man before or since has ever been on such an adventure. He would experience something no man before him had ever encoutered. Hold up a minute. Let's think this through for a moment. Why would this simple man risk it all for a flood to destroy all the earth? Because God made man for an adventure to live and Noah was a man of God. A man who heard the voice of God, no matter how eccentric the message. And he obeyed . . . and survived.

After reading account of events a few things occurred to me:

1. Noah was righteous in the eye of God
2. Noah obeyed the voice of God
3. Noah was protected by the hand of God
4. Noah was blessed by the heart of God

FYI - You need to read the account of events to have an understanding of these points.

Here was a man who lost everything - house, all his earthly belongings, everything! But in doing so he gained the favor of God. God protected he and his family. When everyone else was suffering the horror of death, Noah and his family were beneath the caring hand of God.

Wonder what Mrs. Noah thought early on when Noah came home and told her God said to build and ark and get two of every kind of animal on it? Wonder what she thought when the rains came? Wonder what she thought when it kept raining and the ark began to move, then float? Wonder what she thought when the waters receded and she realized they were the only humans on the face fo the earth?

If you're in the valley - or not - and God speaks to your heart, guess what? It probably won't make sense. Probably didn't make sense to Noah, nor the Mrs. I would imagine it definitely didn't make sense to his neighbors or community leaders. In spite of everything, Noah was obedient. And becaude of his obedience he not only experienced the adventure of a lifetime, but the blessings of God.

Listen. No, I mean it. Listen . . . listen to the voice of God. There's more there than meets the eye, including blessings you never imagined. All it takes is obedience.

I can imagine,
Mike