OCTOBER 8, Genesis 6:5-14

From a couple – Adam & Eve – who were created perfect without any sin, their descendants became very evil very soon. Sin breeds, or gives rise, to more sin. When man does not want to have God in their hearts to guide and bless them, they would turn to evil sooner or later.

Right in the middle of all these terrible wicked men was Noah. These beautiful words describe him – ‘Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord’ (verse 8). He was a ‘just man and perfect, …and walked with God’ (verse 9). He was very different from everybody. He dared to be different. Although there was a lot of evil around him, he did what he knew was the right thing.

Are you like Noah? Do you dare to do the right things you know God or parents want you to do? Or do you follow others in your group of class as you are afraid of being different and being teased, perhaps?

The sin was so great that God had to destroy the world with a global flood and start anew. In the account of Noah, God decided to save Noah and his family with an ark. But first, Noah must build the ark.

While we may think it is no big deal to build the ark, it took a lot of faith for Noah to build it. Many people likely ridiculed and laughed at him. Why? Because before the Flood, no one in the world had experienced or seen rain. There was no need for rain as God gave people on earth an amazing atmosphere that was like that of a perfectly kept air-conditioned greenhouse.

It took Noah a lot of time and a lot of courage to have the ark built. If you were Noah, would you have obeyed God and remained faithful in building the ark, or would you give up after people laugh and ridicule you?

Thought: May I dare to be different, for God!

Prayer: Heavenly Father, there are people around me that don’t do the right things. I must not be like them but to be like Noah who dared to be different. Like Noah, I will be just and perfect and will walk with God. Please help me. In Jesus’ name I pray, Amen.