Noah obeyed the Lord throughout his life. He lived at a time when the people were very “wicked” and “violence was everywhere.” Only Noah “pleased the Lord.” If Noah lived in our day, people would never stop telling jokes about him. Right up until the day Noah closed the door to the ark, people were probably telling the latest Noah jokes. Who but a crackpot would build a gigantic ship with no water around?
We learn from Noah to obey God even if people laugh at us. People who listen to God, don’t follow the crowd. They follow God.
It takes faith in God to follow him. God told Noah to take the animals into the ark and wait for seven days for the flood to begin. Noah never asked God why he had to wait for seven days, and the Bible never tells us.
When you ask your parents, “Why?” do they ever say, “Because I said so”? God is looking for people who will obey him even when they do not understand why God is doing something. All the people who asked “Why?” in Noah’s generation were standing on the outside of the ark when it began to rain.
Do you have to understand everything about how an airplane flies to enjoy traveling in one? Every time I fly in an airplane, I fly by faith. I trust the people who built the airplane and those who fly it. God is much more deserving of our faith than the people who build and fly airplanes. That’s why Noah could build an ark, get into it with all the animals and wait for seven days.
Think About This: God is looking for people who will obey him, even if it looks silly to other people.
Memorize This Truth: “Noah did everything the Lord commanded him” (Genesis 6:22).