- Genesis 6 Daily DEVO Noah did this; he did all that God commanded him. Genesis 6:22 – Will a verse 22 be said of you like it was for Noah? See, I feel we pass off this verse as a given because we are so familiar with the story of Noah’s Ark. Of course Noah did this, of course he built the ark. But do you think about the many, many years it took to do what God commanded him to do? Do you think about all the opposition he had during those years? Yes Noah did this, but it wasn’t without struggle. All that struggle though never stopped him from doing what God led him to do. How about you? When God leads you to do something will you press forward with it no matter the time it takes and the opposition that comes? Let’s challenge ourselves to be like Noah where when God tells us to do something, what will be said of us is, “They did it.” I love you, but Jesus loves you more – Mac – Daily DEVO 487
- The Lord saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every intention of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. Genesis 6:5 – This passage reminds us that without God leading us in a different direction that the intentions and inclinations of our hearts is towards sin. So when we see people who are not Christians, who are not followers of Jesus, sinning, we shouldn’t be shocked. Of course they are going to be sinning! They don’t have Jesus as their leader yet. They don’t know what’s good and pure in His eyes yet. They don’t have the same convictions we have as followers of Jesus. So do we just let them remain sinning saying nothing? Of course not, what we do though is point them to Jesus. For He will be the one to bring the change and conviction of their sin. So shaming an unbeliever for their sin isn’t going to move them closer to Jesus. Mirroring though the grace, love, and patience that Jesus showed you when you were deep in your sin will point them to Him. I love you, but Jesus loves you more – Mac – Daily DEVO 1810
- And the Lord regretted that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him to his heart. Genesis 6:6 – This chapter is filled with some deep questions, some that we can’t fully answer outside of theories and thoughts. Like what is meant by the “Sons of God” and the Nephilim. And here in verse 6 we see scripture saying God regretted that he had made man. What exactly does that mean? Did God make a mistake? No, we know that not to be the case because in the beginning everything was good in God’s eyes. Yet what we see take place in the world at this time of Genesis 6 was evil overtaking the hearts of all men. Evil was so present that every intention of every person’s heart was only evil all the time. That’s a pretty extreme state of the world. What though is meant that God regretted that he had made man? It means that this state of the world broke His heart. He was filled with sadness of man’s choice of sin. Being a just God, He knew what He had to do, and it grieved His heart deeply. We see in Ezekial 18 a couple verses that can help bring some understanding. Verse 23, “Have I any pleasure in the death of the wicked, declares the Lord God, and not rather that he should turn from his way and live?” Verse 32, “For I have no pleasure in the death of anyone, declares the Lord God; so turn, and live.” God’s heart was so saddened by the state of the world and what He knew He had to do to His own creation, that He voices His desire that this was not a problem He had to right. Yet in Noah, we see that God’s love was still for mankind and that mankind in itself was not a mistake that God desired gone. Let us learn from this passage that our sin saddens the Lord. When we choose to pursue sin over the Lord, we grieve Him. Choose then this day to serve the Lord and bring joy to our Lord. I love you, but Jesus loves you more – Mac – Daily DEVO 2812
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