But Noah found favor in the eyes of the Lord… Noah was a righteous man, blameless in his generation. Noah walked with God.
Genesis is the Bible’s book of first occurrences and they are important as taken in context.
“Noah walked with God” but he was not ‘taken’ as Enoch’s was in the previous devotional. As much as we would like to make ‘favor’ ‘righteous’ ‘blameless’ and ‘walking’ the formula for a ‘wonderful plan for your life’ it doesn’t magically work that way in Noah’s life. All of these commendable’s are said of Noah as reasons why “Noah found favor in the eyes of the Lord.”
“Then God said.” All of this was before Noah’s 600th birthday. Noah’s 600th year was marked by the Flood and the beginning of his cruise with the Ark. First he had to build it, then bring all the critters into it, then his family—all the while living in a world typified by a population where “every intention of the thoughts of [mankind] was only evil continually.” (Genesis 6:5) Yet Noah continues “… did all that God commanded him.” (Genesis 6:22; 7:5 ,9, 16)
“After the flood Noah lived 350 years. All the days of Noah were 950 years, and he died.” (Genesis 9:28-29)
Are you content with being in step with God even if the journey is unexpected? Will you walk with Him even if your walk is not the same as others appears?
Be faithful, Dear Pilgrim. God is.