FAITH CAPSULE: The grace of God does not expire but will cause man to excel to the glory of God.
Genesis 6
In the days of Noah sin was the order of the day. Just like today, ungodly acts prevailed beyond imagination. Genesis 6:5, “Then the LORD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every intent of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.” It does not take an astrologer or seer to look around and see that only by the grace of God can one live in this world as a sojourner and not become a part of it. God was not pleased with man then, and He cannot be pleased with man today. Genesis 6:7, “So the LORD said, ‘I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth, both man and the beast, creeping thing and birds of the air, for I am sorry that I have made them.’” The world may choose to live life walking in the wrong direction while you alone maintain walking the right direction. Caleb and Joshua were alone among thousands when they stood their ground. It all happened when men that went to spy the Promised Land came with negative report which contradicted God’s promise to take the Israelites to the Promised Land. Men who had gone to spy the land came back and gave a bad report stating that, “The land through which we have gone as spies is a land that devours its inhabitants and all the people whom we saw in it are men of great stature.There we saw the giants (the descendants of Anak came from the giants); and we were like grasshoppers in our own sight, and so we were in their sight.” (Numbers 13:32-33) The report caused the Israelites to doubt God and confessed negative. Caleb and Joshua alone among thousands confessed positive because they know their God. If you know the One whom you serve and not just know about Him – then, He will make a way out for you so you will not have to bow before Baal.
It is written, “But Noah found grace in the eyes of the LORD.” (Genesis 6:8) Noah’s salvation was not of determination, but of divine grace. The grace of God is abundantly available but sin and sinning makes it inaccessible for any sinner. The grace of God does not expire but will cause man to excel to the glory of God. No one is excluded from that kind of grace if one is serving Him truly and with all heart, soul and strength. Go forward from this day and invest in the life He has given you by His name, and that same grace that Noah received from Almighty God will become yours as well.
Prayer for today: Ask God today to give you the kind of grace that worked out salvation for Noah and prevented him from becoming a part of a fallen generation.