Thought #4…
4. Noah left the ark method behind so he could start on the next method of replenishing and multiplying. (Gen. 8:15-17)
God then tells Noah to leave the ark. He spent 160 years building it, one year on it and now God is just done with it.
The mission wasn’t to live through the flood. The mission was to give the world a do over. So now Noah had to leave the boat and start to plant seeds in the ground, take care of the animals and multiply his family.
What if Noah would have said no? What if Noah would have decided that he wanted to stay on the ark?
That sounds crazy but that is what many times we humans do. God has used the method we are using to the point He wanted to. Now he is ready for us to move on to the next part of the mission but we are to caught up in the old method. We pray/say things like: “We can’t leave the ark, it got me where I am today”.
We lose sight of the mission many times because we are emotionally attached to the method.
Think about this. The ark has never been “officially” found. The ark was huge! The ark is the method that God used to save mankind. Noah spent 160 years building it. But, the ark (method) is nowhere to be found, however, the earth (mission) is still here.
Are you willing to do whatever it takes to accomplish the mission God has for your life even if it means that the method you use will never be glorified or found?
