Episode 110: Genesis 6:8-9

01/03/20 • 4 min

Gen 6:9
Noah was a righteous man, the only blameless person living on earth at the time, and he walked in close fellowship with God.

Can you imagine how Noah felt when God told him all humanity was going to be destroyed and he was to build an ark? The verse we just read tells us that Noah was a righteous man, blameless in his generation, and had found favor in the eyes of the Lord.

Even then, I think it was overwhelming for him to hear God’s command to build a ship that was 450-feet long, 75-feet wide, and 45-feet tall. After all, it had never rained on the earth, and there was no vast body of water nearby. Noah didn’t have an engineering degree or any ship-building experience. The only thing he had was a command from God. It is estimated that it took Noah between 55 and 75 years to build the ark.

How are we to respond when God asks us to do something far bigger than we have experienced in our lives? We’re to do what Noah did when he heard God’s command—believe, obey, and walk with God one step at a time.

As Noah walked with God in his assignment, he experienced the revelation of God through his obedience. He got to see things that only God could accomplish like the construction of a huge ship, the animals entering the ark, and his family’s survival during a flood of catastrophic proportion. God protected and provided for his family for almost a year while the earth was covered and recovering from the flood, and he witnessed the miraculous power of God firsthand.

When we say yes to God’s command and walk with Him in our assignment, we get to experience revelation, see His mighty work, experience the orchestration of events to fulfill the work, live under God’s grace of protection and provision, and witness His miraculous power firsthand.

Has God given you an overwhelming assignment? Will you follow Noah’s example and experience God’s work in a mighty and powerful way in your life?

Prayer

God, thank You for the assignment You’ve given me. I choose to believe and obey Your commands in my life. I’m amazed at how You work things out for good over and over again, and I believe You will do that in my life. In Jesus’ name, Amen.

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Gen 6:9
Noah was a righteous man, the only blameless person living on earth at the time, and he walked in close fellowship with God.

Has God given you an overwhelming assignment? Will you follow Noah’s example and experience God’s work in a mighty and powerful way in your life?

Prayer

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Episode 109: Genesis 6:5-22

It was an age of spiritual darkness on the earth, and it didn’t make any sense. Foretelling a massive flood. Building a boat. Filling it with animals. Proclaiming he heard from God. But Noah knew what he had heard, and he pressed on. He built the boat. He endured the ridicule. He gathered the animals. He looked to heaven and trusted God.

Then the earth flooded.

Surrounded by the cackle of the chicken, the lowing of the cattle, the roar of the lion, and the sound of rain ... for 40 days. There was no end in sight. I wonder if Noah’s inner dialogue sounded something like, Will the waters recede? Will I see land again? Did I hear Him right? Can God be trusted?

In the end, a dove returned with a fresh olive leaf, proving the waters receded. God’s covenant was made complete. Sound familiar? We read the promise. We hear it. It resonates in our spirit, and we lean into it. But over time as we wait for the waters to recede, doubt enters.

Will the waters recede? Will I see land again? Did I hear Him right? Can God be trusted?

Generations have lived to tell the story of the Great Flood. Not because of the water, but because of the promise it carried. God’s word can be trusted. And that promise is emphasized every time we cast our eyes on a rainbow coloring the sky with its splendor.

Perhaps today you hear His quiet whisper, reassuring your soul:

“The waters in your life will recede. I’ll show you the way. You will see land again. Lean into My word. I can be trusted.”

Prayer

God, today I choose to trust in You. I believe that Your word is true, and Your promises last a lifetime. Thank You for being a light unto my path. In Jesus’ name, Amen.

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Episode 111: God's Promises Isaiah 40:29-31

“He gives strength to the weary

and increases the power of the weak.

Even youths grow tired and weary,

and young men stumble and fall;

but those who hope in the Lord

will renew their strength.

They will soar on wings like eagles;

they will run and not grow weary,

they will walk and not be faint” (Isaiah 40:29-31).

When we’re exhausted, when it feels like we’re never going to get it right, God tells us to come to Him. Our human strength is limited, but God’s power is limitless. When we are operating in our own strength, we will always burn out. But God promises that when we slow down, trust Him, and move at His speed, we will never grow weary.

Reflect:
Are you tired today? Where do you need God to renew your strength?

Where is your hope? What or who do you look to for security, comfort, or strength?

What step could you take today to begin living like this promise is true?

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