Noah what a man of faith!
Can you imagine being Noah and seeing that first rain drop? What do you think he felt? Relief? Surprise? Joy? Maybe a mix of all three. Perhaps he felt great sorrow as well, as he realized that the people he so faithfully preached to, for around a hundred years, were about to be crushed by the wrath of God. I think about Noah often. He was all alone. Just him, his wife and his three boys. He was the only man on earth who had a relationship with God. The whole world lived in utter rebellion against Him. (Gen. 6:11). They must have thought he was crazy. He was building a huge boat, he was saying that rain would make the whole world flood, he was calling people to repentance. He was warning the world about the wrath of God. And yet no one listened. No one repented. Everyone mocked. Yet Noah kept the faith. And the writer of Hebrews encourages his readers to have faith like Him. He says, By faith Noah, when warned about things not yet seen, in holy fear built an ark to save his family