SPIRITUAL DIARY FOR 05-29-03
My Worship Time Focus: The
faithfulness & faith of Noah
Bible Reading & Meditation Reference:
Hebrews 11:7
1. Message of the
verse: “7 By faith Noah, having been
divinely warned concerning the things not yet seen, having feared, did prepare
an ark to the salvation of his house, through which he did condemn the world,
and of the righteousness according to faith he became heir.” (Young’s)
“I was by faith that Noah built an ark to save his family from the flood. He obeyed God, who warned him about something
that had never happened before. By faith
he condemned the rest of the world and made right in God’s sight.”
This chapter is about Bible faith and the people in this
chapter have demonstrated Bible faith in their lives in a very tangible way as
the writer brings out when he describes their faithfulness. Noah the man I am looking at this morning
demonstrated a great amount of faith as seen in this passage. As stated earlier from a quotation about
faith Warren Wiersbe said that “true Bible faith is confident obedience to God’s
Word in spite of circumstances and consequences,” and this is clearly seen in Noah’s life. It had probably never rained before the flood
came because in Genesis it says that a mist that came up from the earth watered
the earth, so Noah never ever had seen it rain.
God says to Noah that He is going to send a flood upon the earth and
that Noah was to build a boat in order to save his family from the flood. Noah believed God and the Scripture says that
he feared God, (this the reverent and good fear to have), and obeyed the Word
of the Lord in spite of circumstances and consequences, for it would be logical
to believe that for 120 years that it took for him and his sons to build the ark
that his neighbors gave him a hard time.
This action by Noah took a tremendous amount of faith on his part.
2. Spiritual
meaning for my life today: I believe
that the lesson from the life of Noah is to obey the Word of the Lord in spite
of circumstances and consequences, and that is what I hope I would do in the
storm that I am in at this time of my life.
The Word of God was both
refreshing and convicting to my heart as I read it this morning.
My Steps of Faith Today:
I want to be able to stand on the Word
of God when it comes to doing what needs to be done in spite of in the worlds
eyes it seems wrong. Like building a
boat on dry land and waiting for the Lord to send a flood.
Memory verses for the
week: Psalm 40:14,15
14. Let those be ashamed and humiliated together who
seek my life to destroy it; Let those be turned back and dishonored who delight
in my hurt.
15. Let those be appalled because of their shame who say
to me “Aha, aha!”
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