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In the Ark

Today’s Reading: Genesis 6-9

Focal Verses: Genesis 6:6-8

Then the LORD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every intent of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.

And the LORD was sorry that He had made man on the earth, and He was grieved in His heart.

So the LORD said, “I will destroy man who I have created from the face of the earth, both man and beast, creeping thing and birds of the air, for I am sorry that I made them.”

But Noah found grace in the eyes of the LORD.

God gives grace to those who believe Him. He knows our every thought and He knows we are imperfect, but His desire is that we believe what He says. Noah was one of those who believed God and God gave him grace.
Was Noah perfect? No. Genesis 6:12 tells us “So God looked upon the earth and indeed it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted their way on earth.” “All flesh”, it says, not all flesh except Noah. We have further evidence of Noah’s humanness in Genesis 9:21. It tells us of a time when Noah gets so drunk that he laid down naked and exposed to whoever might enter his tent. But yet God gives Noah and his family grace.
God told Noah what He was going to do and how Noah is to prepare for it. God blesses the family of Noah by including them in His grace to Noah. When the flood is over and Noah is on dry ground again, he offers a sacrifice to God, for Noah knows he is unworthy and God, out of His grace, has saved him.
Hebrews 11:7 tells us that Noah believed God. Noah wasn’t perfect. Noah wasn’t holy. He simply had faith that what God said would come to pass…..and God gave him grace.

God’s desire is that we have faith in Him. (Hebrews 11:6)

Go to God with any doubts you may be having.