Good Morning Friends,
“By faith Noah, when warned about things not
yet seen, in holy fear built an ark to save his family. By his faith he
condemned the world and became heir of the righteousness that comes by faith.”
(Hebrews 11:7)
When God told Noah to build an ark because
there was going to be a flood, it must have sounded like a strange instruction.
After all, nothing like that had ever happened before. In fact, some Bible
scholars believe that it hadn’t even rained before the flood, that the earth
had been watered through a mist, rather than rain. Certainly, the world had
never seen anything like the flood that God was announcing.
Though it was a strange command, Noah
followed it obediently. He believed that what God said would come to pass. There’s
only one reason why Noah could be persuaded to think what God said would
happen, he trusted God! That’s faith, he heard what God said, believed it was
true, and acted upon that belief.
As a result Noah was protected from the flood
waters. He and his family were kept from the death that the rest of the world
suffered. And, more than that, Noah was declared righteous, he pleased God.
That’s what faith did for Noah. That’s what
faith still does for men and women. It protects us, because God knows what He
is talking about. Through faith, we are declared righteous, accepted by God,
pleasing to Him.
Listen to what God says, and He has already
said a lot in His Word. Believe that what He has said is true, no matter how
strange it sounds. Act on that belief. That’s faith.
His, by Grace,
Steve
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