What would it have been like to be in Noah's shoes? God issued a challenge to him to build a great big boat (ark) in order to survive the flood that was coming. He began to build the big boat, which was 150 yards long. You know that people began to question what he was doing. "Noah, why do you need that boat?" "Because a big flood is coming. It is going to rain forty days and forty nights." "What is rain?" It had never rained, and people did not know what he was talking about. I can imagine that he became the joke of the town. But he continued to build until the task was completed. I can just hear the people saying something like: "Noah has a big boat and nowhere to launch it. Ha Ha Ha!" When the rain started, however, and the water began to come up from the ground, I imagine that the taunting and the laughter stopped. Noah had tried to warn the people, but they just ignored what he said. (I know how he felt.) As the waters rose and rose until it covered everything and everybody, Noah had the last laugh - if that is the way to put it.
What is the moral of Noah's story? Simply this: God gave Noah a task to do and he did it, regardless of what other people thought and regardless of what they said. We need to pay heed to that kind of dedication. If there is anything that people today hate, it is to be singled out and ridiculed. If we obey the Lord, regardless, we might have to take ridicule from a society that knows little about obeying God. Jesus, Himself, had to face ridicule when He was on trial and when He was on the cross, but He went through with it. Paul faced persecution and ridicule many times because of his obedience to the Lord's commands. Just think of it this way, it would be tough being Noah while the ark was being built, but it would have been tough being those who ridiculed him as the waters rose above their heads. It is better to obey and please God than to cave in and please people. You have to agree! Bro, Joe
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