Obeying God When Faith Defies Human Logic

God is the type of god who can do big things. All he needs from us to do is take that step of faith and trust him and have confidence in him. Just as god gave Noah the blueprints to build an ark, he has given us a blueprint and a life and example of Noah of how to live a life of faith. Noah teaches us that living by faith is doing what god says even when no one else is doing it. Noah teaches us that proclaiming god's we should be proclaiming god's righteousness even when others mock us, that we should be obeying god even when it seems illogical, and that we should be trusting in the character of a merciful and helpful god. [01:12:44] (41 seconds)  #NoahBlueprintFaith

Thank god that Noah didn't walk around and say, do you approve of this that I can go build this ark? What do you guys think around here? Is that okay with you guys if I go out and build this ark out here? He didn't need the rest of the world to tell him what to do. He said, god has called me to do this and I'm going to obey my god. It was the only approval that he received and it was the only approval that mattered because it aligned with the word of god but we must understand that living by faith, it can be a lonely road sometimes. [01:01:07] (30 seconds)  #OnlyGodsApproval

A life of faith involves obeying god even when no one else is doing so. The Bible tells us in second Peter chapter two verse five that Noah served god as a preacher of righteousness for many years. Some believe he preached for up to a hundred and twenty years, and yet his message was largely largely rejected by his generation. [00:57:42] (18 seconds)  #PreacherOfRighteousness

We let them talk. We let them do everything. We just know, I just won't get into that because I don't want people to laugh at me. I don't want people to reject me but Noah, despite the ridicule, despite the people mocking him, he was a preacher of righteousness. He said, the word of god is true. Has said, judgement is coming upon this Earth and you are a wicked generation that needs repent of your sin and you need to get on this boat [01:05:07] (28 seconds)  #SpeakTruthDespiteMockery

He might encourage us to go to a certain place. He might encourage us to speak to a a specific person or he might encourage us to give a in a way that's sacrificial that that seems financially irresponsible to us. And when he asks us to build an ark out in the middle of the desert, our job is to obey him and to trust him even if it defies human logic. [00:53:48] (27 seconds)  #ObeyBeyondLogic

Our faith is not built upon us or our goodness. It's rather built on the character of god. What kept Noah strong was his trust in the promises of god. When we consider the flood of Noah's day, we often look at it through the the lens of judgement but the reality of it is, it's an amazing revelation of of the character of our god. We find that he's a god who is faithful and he's a god who keeps his word. [01:05:44] (27 seconds)  #FaithInGodsCharacter

We can also see that his character is helpful and supportive of us. He's not a distant god who is who issues vague and impossible commands and then leaves us to flounder and says, hey. Good luck, guys. No. He instead, god tells us exactly what we need to know. He doesn't overwhelm us with information nor does he leave us ill ill equipped to to accomplish what he desires. [01:07:00] (22 seconds)  #GodEquipsAndGuides

To Noah, god gave precise blueprints, specific dimensions of the ark that Noah was to build. He didn't just say, hey, Noah. Flood's coming. Build a boat. Good luck with that guy. Aren't you glad, man? If he would have said that to me, I would have been out of the I would have been in trouble there. I would have died. Everyone else would have died too if I had to build this boat. But he said, hey. Here's what I need you to do. And Noah must have been like me, not a great carpenter. It took him a hundred and twenty years to build this thing. Alright? It wasn't done in a week. He he had to take a long time to build it. He was probably not an expert in these things. [01:07:22] (32 seconds)  #GodsPreciseBlueprint