Scripture:
Genesis 7:5
And Noah did
all that the Lord commanded him.
In Genesis 6:22 and 7:5, the Scripture tells us
that Noah did EVERYTHING or ALL that the Lord had commanded him.
Here's the problem: Everything and All sounds like
a lot. Couldn't Noah have just done Some and Most, and be okay? I mean, he
still would have been clear beyond everyone else of his time in his obedience
level! Some and Most would have been good enough, right?
Maybe.
God is merciful, after all. It's possible that He
would have accepted Noah on the basis of Some and Most.
But does God ever do Some and Most?
Never! God is all in, all the time. He never
wavers in His goodness, never falters in His love, and never takes a break from
reaching out to us.
God is committed, and He deserves commitment.
Noah trusted that God would do what He said He was
going to do. If God said He was going to flood the earth, that was what was
going to happen. If God said that the way for Noah to be saved was to build an
ark of such and such dimensions, that was the way to do it. If God said to take
this many of each kind of animal, then those kinds of animals would come to
him.
All Noah had to do was do what God told him, and
he would be saved. And not only would he be saved, but his whole family would
be saved, the animals would be saved, and his big boat project would be a wild
success.
If we are to be saved, if we want God to help save
our loved ones, if we want Him to bless the things we're working on in life, do
we dare answer His Everything and All with only Some and Most?
Commit yourself to follow Noah's example of
complete obedience to the One who is fully committed to you.
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