The just and perfect man.

Genesis 6:9
...Noah was a just man and perfect in his generations and Noah walked with God.

This is one of my favorite stories in the Bible.

After Adam, and Seth, and Enos, Cainan, Mahalaleel, Jared, and Enoch (who walked with God and then "was not" for God took him. Totally cool.), and the really old man who lived to be exactly 969 years old...the name...Methuselah, and Lamech,....there was Noah.

Noah. The man who was perfect in his generations. The one who walked with God. The man who lived in the midst of a corrupt and evil world. This man was the one who God chose and told to build a big boat out of gopher wood. God gave him precise measurements to build this gigantic, three-story boat with its single window.

Do you know what 600-year old Noah did? He obeyed. No questions asked. He built that big 'ole boat. Even though it took him hundreds of years, he and his family carried out the God-given orders.

After the boat was complete, Noah and his family loaded up that ark with seven of each clean animal and took two of every unclean animal, male and female. God shut the door. Can you believe that? Old Noah nor his wife had to strain to close the door. God did it for them. The rain came and stayed on earth for 150 days! But you know what? Because of their faithfulness and obedience to God, Noah, his wife, his three sons, and their wives were safe.

Are we obeying the commandments of Christ? Are we obeying all of the commands or just some of them? Are we giving into the worlds standards or are we making a difference for Him?

Are you building your boat or drowning in the flood of the world?