Noah & The Ark

Today our Christian Soldiers group started studying Noah in there Sunday morning class.

We will spend four weeks on Noah. There is so much packed into this story. It is a story that we

are all familiar with. We learned it early in Sunday school and VBS but sometimes as we grow

older, we forget the great lessons of the “Bible class” stories. The story of Noah is filled with

lessons that are practical for us today. The Bible tells us in Hebrews the eleventh chapter that

Noah had great faith and through that faith he built the Ark when called by God, but how often

do we stop to think about what that really means. Noah lived in ancient Mesopotamia, which is

modern day Iraq. This area of the world at the time was mostly desert. There was no major water

source, certainly not one big enough for the massive Ark he was building. Noah had never seen

rain. Until the flood the Bible tells us that it had never rained. There was a mist or dew that

replenished the Earth but rain like we know of had never been seen. Yet despite not knowing

how or why he was building the Ark, Noah did exactly what God asked. For one hundred and

twenty years, Noah labored and preached repentance despite the ridicule of the people around

him. In our life, God will often call us down uncertain paths. We will not understand why He has

called us or how we are going to accomplish the task but like Noah we have to just start building.

We have to have the faith to trust in God despite the circumstances. I pray that we will work to

do that every day! As always remember you are loved!!

Eric

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