Noah's Favor - Genesis 6:8-7:9

8 But Noah found favor in the eyes of the LORD. 9 This is the account of Noah. Noah was a righteous man, blameless among the people of his time, and he walked with God. 10 Noah had three sons: Shem, Ham and Japheth. 11 Now the earth was corrupt in God's sight and was full of violence. 12 God saw how corrupt the earth had become, for all the people on earth had corrupted their ways. 13 So God said to Noah, "I am going to put an end to all people, for the earth is filled with violence because of them. I am surely going to destroy both them and the earth.14 So make yourself an ark of cypress wood; make rooms in it and coat it with pitch inside and out. 15 This is how you are to build it: The ark is to be 450 feet long, 75 feet wide and 45 feet high. 16 Make a roof for it and finish the ark to within 18 inches of the top. Put a door in the side of the ark and make lower, middle and upper decks. 17 I am going to bring flood waters on the earth to destroy all life under the heavens, every creature that has the breath of life in it. Everything on earth will perish. 18 But I will establish my covenant with you, and you will enter the ark--you and your sons and your wife and your sons' wives with you. 19 You are to bring into the ark two of all living creatures, male and female, to keep them alive with you. 20 Two of every kind of bird, of every kind of animal and of every kind of creature that moves along the ground will come to you to be kept alive. 21 You are to take every kind of food that is to be eaten and store it away as food for you and for them." 22 Noah did everything just as God commanded him.

1 The LORD then said to Noah, "Go into the ark, you and your whole family, because I have found you righteous in this generation. 2 Take with you seven of every kind of clean animal, a male and its mate, and two of every kind of unclean animal, a male and its mate, 3 and also seven of every kind of bird, male and female, to keep their various kinds alive throughout the earth. 4 Seven days from now I will send rain on the earth for forty days and forty nights, and I will wipe from the face of the earth every living creature I have made." 5 And Noah did all that the LORD commanded him.6 Noah was six hundred years old when the flood waters came on the earth. 7 And Noah and his sons and his wife and his sons' wives entered the ark to escape the waters of the flood. 8 Pairs of clean and unclean animals, of birds and of all creatures that move along the ground, 9 male and female, came to Noah and entered the ark, as God had commanded Noah. - Genesis 6:8-7:9

God is love. So, many people ask how a loving God could judge people by allowing sickness, disease, poverty or death among people. Often the Lord will allow calamity in the lives of people to cause them to turn to Himself. The Lord also allows hardships and difficulties to test the hearts of His people. 

Have you experienced difficult trials, setbacks or difficulties in your life recently? Will you turn to the Lord and ask Him what you need to do to escape the hardship that is in your life?

When our hearts are right toward the Lord, He blesses us with protection, provision and His favor. Have you experienced God's unearned blessing and favor? If so, will you thank Him for whatever He's done to bless you and your family today? Will you pray for others who are not experiencing the Lord's goodness, at this time?

Noah "walked with God." As a result, he experienced the favor and blessing of God. Do you have a relationship with the Lord. Going to church on Sunday is not the same as having a real relationship with God. If you want a real relationship with the Savior, confess your sins and ask Him to come into your heart and take control of your life. He will not turn you away, no matter how wickedly you may have acted in your lifetime.


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