Genesis 6 (1-2) NKJ
1 Now it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the
face of the earth, and daughters were born to them, 2 that the sons of God saw
the daughters of men, that they were beautiful; and they took wives for
themselves of all whom they chose.
In the verses above we find that man has begun to
multiply across the earth. There has been a blending of people; those from the
linage of Seth and those from the linage of Cain. The men took wives based on
their appearance and not of their hearts. The remainder of Genesis Chapter 6 is
about God taking notice of man’s depravity and thinking about man’s destruction
to remove them from sin. Yet a man named Noah found favor in God’s eyes.
Genesis 6:13-17 says, And God said to Noah, “The end of
all flesh has come before Me, for the earth is filled with violence through
them; and behold, I will destroy them with the earth. Make yourself an ark of gopherwood; make rooms
in the ark, and cover it inside and outside with pitch. And this is how you
shall make it: The length of the ark shall be three hundred cubits, its width
fifty cubits, and its height thirty cubits. You shall make a window for the
ark, and you shall finish it to a cubit from above; and set the door of the ark
in its side. You shall make it with lower, second, and third decks. And behold,
I Myself am bringing floodwaters on the earth, to destroy from under heaven all
flesh in which is the breath of life; everything that is on the earth shall die.
When Noah heard these words he was most likely puzzled,
but verse 22 tells us that Noah did all God commanded him. First there had
never been floodwaters. Genesis 2:6 tells us that a mist us to come up from the
ground to water the earth. No one had seen rain. No one had ever needed a boat.
Man had never been destroyed in any great manner. Yet Noah believed God and
acted on faith.
It was a big task to build a boat of the nature
described. It took years and years of labor. It took resources to obtain the
materials needed. Yet Noah did the work on faith with the help of his children
and without complaint. Noah didn’t even question how all the animals would get
on board.
If God asked you to take on a project that seemed crazy,
impossible and unheard of; would you step forward to do the work even if it
took years? We have to remember if God calls us to do something; God will be
behind us to see that the work is done and our needs are met.
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