But Noah...

But Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord. These are the generations of Noah: Noah was a just man and perfect in his generations, and Noah walked with God. And Noah begat three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth. – Genesis 6.8-10

Yesterday we saw God’s grace making an appearance in a very broken world. Today I want to look at the recipient of that grace. We see three things about Noah here.

Noah was just

Noah was perfect

Noah walked with God

Noah stood out from the rest of the world. He amazes me. The whole world was wholly given over to evil. People did whatever they wanted without regard to God and His way. It was a terrible place to try and stand for God.

But Noah did. We go on to read about how Noah was called on to build an ark and to gather the animals to preserve wildlife. God told Noah that it was going to rain and that the only escape was to build this big boat. It could not have made much sense to Noah, but he did it anyway. Nobody joined him but his family – and still he stood faithful.

We see a lot about the dechristianisation of the world around us. It is going to be lonelier and lonelier. The question is whether we will cave in to the rest of the world or if we are going to live justly, to live in Christian maturity, and if we will keep walking with our God.