Have you ever felt like Noah? Have you ever felt like you were called to do something. Noah was CALLED to build the ark. He didn’t have to, but God had plans for him. The Bible says in Genesis 6:9-12 that “Noah was a righteous man, blameless among the people of is time and he walked with God. Noah had three sons; Shem, Ham and Japheth. Now the earth was corrupt in God’s sight and was full of violence. God saw how corrupt the earth had become, for all the people on earth had corrupted their ways.”
So here Noah is, surrounded by a bunch of people, that haven’t really seen rain before. They are already evil and corrupt, they are already laughing at him from before, and God calls him to make this Ark… God tells Noah to build a boat. A BOAT! And not a small boat either, a HUGE boat. So his neighbors and friends are looking at him as a quack. Do you think that Noah ever questioned God? Do you think that he said, um, are you SURE God? A boat God? That is crazy God. People already hate me, I am going to have to get a night watchman to keep people away from committing me to a hospital!
Noah was 500 when he became a father for the first time, and 600 when he was told to go into the Ark. So there are 100 years right there that his sons could be born, raised with a Godly outlook and build the Ark. I am not sure exactly when God called Noah to build the Ark, but it had to be a horribly long process. There weren’t power tools like there are now, and it was Him and His sons working on it. Do you think that there were times that Noah questioned his calling. Said, maybe I just didn’t hear God right. Maybe it was a dream. Maybe I really wasn’t called.
NO! The Bible says in Genesis 6:22 “Noah did everything just as God commanded him.” So even in times of doubt, he continued to work and do what God commanded him to do. I WISH that God made himself crystal clear all the time like he had to have with Noah. I would love to say when God calls us somewhere or to do something that we are always obedient. On the contrary, even when we KNOW we are being called and led into something, we allow those around us and the devil to come in and plant seeds of doubt. We allow people to tell us, that wont work or that will just cause this problem or that problem.
Things aren’t always 100% good when you follow God’s call. It can be down right rough! Noah really followed God- he took a step out of normalcy and really struck a nerve with his neighbors. “God is going to save me and my family because you are all evil.” There was a HUGE boat going up in his yard with no sea around. But Noah trusted God. HE TRUSTED THAT HIS CALLING WAS TRUE. Have you ever felt called to do something and then all these problems arose? You questioned your calling and questioned your reasoning and questioned everything? Have you ever felt like you know better than God? Well guess what – you don’t! None of us do.
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