Scripture:
Genesis 6 and 7
As we read in Genesis 6 and 7, God saved Noah from
the Flood because he was living righteously. No one had anything against him
that they could blame him for and he walked faithfully with God (Genesis 6:9).
He had submitted his life to God's Lordship both internally and with his
dealings with others, and he was rewarded for it. He was saved from the Flood.
In the same way, if we live under the Lordship of
Christ and submit our lives to Him, we will be saved. God will count us as
righteous in our generation, just as He did Noah in his.
But after Noah was found to be righteous, God
continued to give him instructions, and Noah continued to submit. When God told
him to build the ark to the exact measurements God prescribed and to take the
animals with him, the Scripture says that Noah did all that the Lord commanded
him to do (7:5).
So it is in the Christian life. God will give us
instructions, reward us, and then give us more instructions. We are never
finished submitting our lives to God, and God is never finished rewarding us
for our faithful service. It's a continual cycle of service and reward.
But remember that the reward may be far richer than
mere riches. Noah's reward was salvation and the knowledge that He had found
favor with God. Though tragic to see such destruction and death that the Flood
brought, think of how spiritually assured he must have felt to receive such a
mission and such a salvation as his. Do you feel that same kind of spiritual
assurance? Do you feel in your spirit that God has saved you and counts you as
righteous?
Have you submitted your life to Christ's Lordship?
How has He rewarded you in the past? How is He continuing to bless your life
now both spiritually and perhaps materially? What new instructions for service
is He giving you today?
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