So Noah did everything exactly as God had commanded him.
Genesis 7:5
Noah did exactly as the LORD had commanded him.
Noah must have been some kind of guy, don't you think?
I mean....come on...he did everything God told him to do.
Noah?
A man living in the most vile, corrupt time the world has ever known, was able to stay pure and in a relationship with the one true God.
That is hard core.
Why Noah didn't even have a Bible....
He didn't have access to TBN or ever (heaven forbid) a local church.
No Christian radio...
No Destiny Press....
No Time-Life Worship CD Series.
Just himself and God.
Yet through it all, Noah survived because of his heart and love for God.
To simply do what he was told to do.
Did he question God?
I'm pretty sure that those things rolled through Noah's head from time to time.
I mean you are talking about building an ark by hand. Not a dingy or sloop but a big ol' honkin' ark.
But Noah did everything exactly as God had commanded him.
To me, this is the heart of someone who wants real recovery.
They have the blueprints to a clean and sober life in the Steps.
They have the heart connection through their salvation given by Christ.
Now they simply walk it out.
Some would balk at this because I used the word "Simply".
They would raise their voice and declare that there isn't anything simple about being sober.
I would not disagree.
But the truth is, it is a matter of the heart.
Change the heart through this ongoing relationship with Jesus, then the mind changes. When the mind follows the heart then the body lines up also.
Noah did everything exactly as God had commanded him.
No short cuts...
No "I think I'll add this to God's plan".
Whim!
Wham!
Bam! Just do it.
One other thing about Noah's story.
Over and over, it mentions the fact that Noah found grace in the eyes of the LORD.
Noah was filled with the empowering presence of God to be who God created Him to be, and to do what God had called him to do.
Grace----
Maybe part of the prayers we hurl skyward should include asking for a healthy dose of God's Grace.
God did not create you to be an addict.
God created you in His image and that image has been covered and warped by sin.
It is the Grace of God that will make the connection between heaven and earth so that you can walk out your days doing everything God has commanded you to do.
Who knows what your "ARK" may look like.
God on you....
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