“By faith Noah, being divinely warned of things not yet seen, moved with godly fear, prepared an ark for the saving of his household, by which he condemned the world and became heir of the righteousness which is according to faith”
Hebrews 11: 7
Going back to the book of Genesis , the latter half of Chapter 6 talks of the instructions God gives Noah to build the ark. What if Noah had procrastinated ? What if he woke up every morning and said “ Na I just don’t feel like building the ark today… Im tired of chopping wood and measuring stuff”. :-) We read in Chapter 6 and verse 22 , “This Noah did; according to all that God commanded him. so he did.” Some translations have it like this “Noah did everything just as God commanded him”. Wow !
We read in Chapter 7 : 1 “ Then the LORD said to Noah, “Come into the ark, you and all your household, because I have seen that you are righteous before Me in this generation.” As we keep reading we see how Noah’s family entered the ark and then the various animals, birds went into the ark. Now take a step back with me… Noah’s obedience had so many things hinging on it. He did everything just as God had commanded him, he built the ark . And then his family entered the ark. And then the various living creatures. And then the floods came. Building the ark was definitely no cake walk. It required perseverance. It wasn’t a day of perseverance , it wasn’t months… It was years … Years of perseverance. Years of waking up every morning and saying ,” I’m going to do just as God has commanded me. “ and then living it out .
By faith ! He lived years of perseverance living by faith based on what God had said and commanded him. He didn’t think a year down the line “What if this doesn’t matter anymore..” Nope.. He persevered ! He moved with Godly fear and became heir of righteousness which is according to faith.
Here we are blessed with a whole new year ahead of us. I don’t know what your past year has been like. But I do know one thing for sure .. we are called to do everything just as God has commanded us. Not just hearers of His word but doers of His word. Yes , it requires perseverance. And He gives us grace to press on , to go forth . We are not here by accident. We are here according to His purposes. He has plans for us and things hinge on our obedience.
May we step out in faith and persevere as He has commanded us and live out our faith .
Have a wonderful blessed Christ centric year.
God Bless
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