Week 3 - Trust & Obey | Day 20

SCRIPTURE - GENSIS 6:9-22

Noah was a righteous man, blameless among the people of his time, and he walked faithfully with God. Noah had three sons: Shem, Ham and Japheth. Now the earth was corrupt in God’s sight and was full of violence. God saw how corrupt the earth had become, for all the people on earth had corrupted their ways. 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. So make yourself an ark of cypress wood; make rooms in it and coat it with pitch inside and out. This is how you are to build it: The ark is to be three hundred cubits long, fifty cubits wide and thirty cubits high. Make a roof for it, leaving below the roof an opening one cubit high all around. Put a door in the side of the ark and make lower, middle and upper decks. I am going to bring floodwaters 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. 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. You are to bring into the ark two of all living creatures, male and female, to keep them alive with you. 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. You are to take every kind of food that is to be eaten and store it away as food for you and for them.” Noah did everything just as God commanded him. 

OBSERVATION

In Noah’s time, the world was filled with violence and corruption. Everyone had chosen to live their own way instead of staying faithful to God. But Noah lived differently. He lived a lifestyle of obedience. Even when everyone else turned away, Noah trusted that God was still in control of His creation. The story of the flood is often thought of as God giving up on His creation. But  in reality, it shows God protecting Noah from a dangerous generation. Noah’s obedience positioned him to experience God’s faithfulness in the middle of a broken world. Obedience wasn’t a dramatic, one-time decision for Noah. It was the daily rhythm of his life. To everyone else, the thought of building an ark seemed absurd and pointless. But to Noah, it was simply the next step in following God. And when the flood came, Noah was ready. God not only protected Noah, but He used Noah and his family to begin to restore His creation. A life built on daily obedience becomes a life God can use for His glory.

APPLICATION

Noah trusted that God still ruled over His creation, even when everyone around him lived as if God didn’t matter. Today, we see the same thing in our world. Many people live with no concern for the ways of God. But the way we live still matters deeply to Him. We are called to trust that God is involved in His creation, that He sees every part of our lives, and that He will one day bring justice and set things right. Even if the world around us goes in a different direction, God calls us to live a life of daily obedience. 

Does your lifestyle reflect a pattern of obedience? Do the words you say, the things you do, or the way you treat people align more with the ways of the world or with the ways of God? A lifestyle of obedience means choosing God’s ways in everything. God never gives up on those who walk faithfully with Him. He honors a life built on consistent, everyday obedience. And when we obey Him no matter what, God not only protects us, but He uses our lives as part of His restorative work in the world.

PRAYER

Today, ask God to reveal the places where your life reflects the world’s ways instead of His. Pray that obedience would become a daily rhythm, not just a one-time choice. Ask Him to help you trust that He still has authority over His creation and that His justice is on the way. 

God, thank you for your protection and purpose in my life. Help me to remain obedient to you, even when the world around me goes a different way. I pray that you will use me to be a reflection of your faithfulness to the people around me. Amen. 

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