Imagine this scene: One day God comes to Noah and says, "I'm disappointed in the human race. In the whole wide world, no one but you thinks about me. But Noah, when I look at you, I start smiling. I'm pleased with your life, so here is what I'm going to do. I'm going to flood the world and start over with you and your family. I want you to build a giant ship that will save you and the animals."

There were three problems that could have caused Noah to doubt:

1. Noah had never seen rain because, prior to the flood, God irrigated the earth from the ground up (Genesis 2:5-6).

 

2. Noah lived hundreds of miles from the nearest ocean. Even if he could learn to build a ship, how would he get it to water?

 

3. There was the problem of rounding up all the animals and then caring for them.

 

But Noah didn't complain or make excuses. Instead he trusted God completely, and this is what he's remembered for.

This weekend we're beginning a new teaching series called "Old Testament Character Tour." Each week we'll be looking at an individual whose story is recorded in the pages of the Old Testament, and the purpose of our study will be to identify characteristics in their life that God wants to see lived out in ours.

I hope you can join us this Independence Day weekend as we kick off this new series by looking at "The Faith of Noah."

Embracing the journey,
Pastor Rick