Day 5: Noah

Genesis 6:1 - 9:17

- during a time when man's wickedness was great, when their hearts were filled only with evil all the time, Noah found favor in the eyes of God.
- Noah was righteous, blameless and walked with God (now that's an impressive character reference!)
- God gives Noah specific instructions on how to build the ark and in verse 22 it says "Noah did everything just as God commanded him" (NIV). What incredible obedience!
- Then after it was built, God told Noah to take his family and board the ark because it was about to rain a LOT. And once again, what amazes me is verse 5, "And Noah did all that the Lord commanded him".
- only those on the ark (and those that lived in the water?) survived the flood.
- immediately after the flood, Noah builds and altar and makes a sacrifice to God.
- God blessed Noah and established a covanent with him to never again destroy all life on earth.

Application:

I think if God asked me to do something crazy today that was equivalent to building a gigantic, 450 foot long boat in the middle of dry land, I probably wouldn't do it. I still have so much to work on in terms of having complete faith and obedience in God. How awesome would it be to be remembered as someone who was "righteous, blameless among people of my time and one who walked with the Lord". And I think it all begins with obedience and submission to God.