Good Morning Friends,
“Then the LORD said, ‘My Spirit will not
contend with man forever, for he is mortal; his days will be a hundred and
twenty years.’ The Nephilim were on the earth in those days -- and also afterward
-- when the sons of God went to the daughters of men and had children by them. They
were the heroes of old, men of renown. The LORD saw how great man's wickedness
on the earth had become, and that every inclination of the thoughts of his
heart was only evil all the time. The LORD was grieved that he had made man on
the earth, and his heart was filled with pain. So the LORD said, ‘I will wipe mankind,
whom I have created, from the face of the earth – men and animals, and
creatures that move along the ground, and birds of the air -- for I am grieved
that I have made them.’ But Noah found favor in the eyes of the LORD.” (Genesis
6:3-8)
In the days of Noah, man’s wickedness got out
of hand. The wickedness of mankind tested the limits of the Lord’s patience. It
brought on the wrath of God in the flood.
Yet, Noah was different from the world. While
the world was going wild in wickedness, Noah remained righteous and devoted to
the Lord.
We live in a world that isn’t much different
from the world of Noah’s day. I can’t imagine that the wickedness of that day
was worse than the wickedness of ours. The Lord’s patience must be growing thin
today, too.
Yet, while the world is going wild in
wickedness, there are those who remain righteous and devoted to the Lord. That
is what the Lord is calling us to. “Do not conform any longer to the pattern of
this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind.” (Romans 12:2)
So, is your life more characterized by the
way the world around you is living, or is your life more characterized by
righteousness and devotion to the Lord?
His, by Grace,
Steve
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