It must have been pretty frustrating for Noah to invite all to get in the ark and to have them ignore his counsel. I’m so grateful for a modern-day Noah who is not only inviting us to do the same thing, but asking us to “flood the earth” with messages of goodness in hopes that they will choose to get in the ark and choose to stay.
I often cringe when I think about some of the things I did as a teenager just to be “funny”, that were not totally aligned with my values at the time. What can Noah teach us about this?
The Lord asked Noah to build an ark. I can only imagine the questions, concerns, doubts that Noah had along the way in the building process. There are more than a few lessons for us here as we are preparing for the “floods” of life.
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Have you ever felt sorry for the people who lived during Noah’s time? Have you ever wondered if they might have repented if Noah had preached just one more time?
I imagine that the account of the flood could really scare a lot of people into obeying God out of fear. But if you remember the Lord’s work and glory, then the flood could be viewed as one of the most merciful acts from a loving God.
Have you ever had the best of intentions to serve someone, and then everything got in your way and it couldn’t happen? Let me tell you what I’ve learned from Noah’s time.
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How wicked were the people in Noah’s day? It’s kind of sobering to see how similar they were to the things going on in our day.
Methuselah had it all! His father, Enoch, was a prophet. He got to live with his dad in the amazing city of Enoch where everyone was “of one heart and one mind.” It must have felt like the best day ever on repeat! So imagine how Methuselah must have felt when he found out that the entire City of Enoch was going to be translated (hooray, how cool would that be?!) . . . except, as Moses 8:2 says, “. . . Methuselah, the son of Enoch, was not taken.” Methuselah was the one person who had to stay behind.