This is a report of Noah. Noah was a good man. He was the only man at that time who obeyed God. The people who lived near him could not find anything wrong with what he did" (Genesis 6:9, Easy English Version).
The above verse is one of the most challenging testimonials in the Bible ever given about any mortal man. Noah was the only man who obeyed God in his time. God testified to Noah, "for thee [only] have I seen righteous before me in this generation" (Genesis 7:1).
The first lesson to learn here is that you can choose to be different in your generation. It was a personal choice that Noah made not to be part of the corruption and depravity that characterized his era and environment. In the midst of a crooked and perverse generation that walk on in darkness, you can choose to shine as light. You don’t have to do what they do, you don't have to speak as they do, and you don't have to go where they go. You can always choose to be faithful to God. When the rest of the society goes against the Holy Book, you can choose to stick to what the Bible say.
Secondly, today's Bible verse says, "This is a report of Noah...". Friends, I want you to know that the report of your life and mine is also being written right now. And I am not talking about your corporation's annual report where you are eulogised as the best performing director or manager. No, neither am I talking about your biography where all the nicest things in the world are said about you. I am not talking about the things that men who cannot see beyond their noses are saying about you.
Rather, I am talking about the report of heaven concerning your life. You may not know this, but celestial scribes are ever taking notes of your thoughts, words, actions and reactions. I only wonder what would be the content of that report. Would it also indicate like that of Noah that you obeyed God or that you obeyed men, or worse still, that you obeyed Satan? Would that report indicate that you did the things that are pleasing to God or that you pleased yourself and danced to the tune of the world? Would that report testify to your faithfulness to God or your utter indifference to the Most High?
Finally, I want you to know that a day is coming when your report shall be read and you shall be judged based on the contents of the report, essentially in connection with your relationship with the Lord God, your Maker. John the Revelator said, "And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works" (Revelation 20:12). On that day, it would not matter what position you occupy in the cabinet, or what you are worth in material assets, or the number of company boards you seat as director, or the international appointments you have had. All that would count is the record of your obedience to God.
Fortunately, now that you still have your breath, you can change the content of your report. You can alter the inputs that go into the book that is being written about you simply by spending the rest of your life in obedience to the Lord. By the grace of God which is available through Christ Jesus, you and I can live the Noah kind of life whereby it shall also be written of us, "This is a report of XYZ. XYZ was a good man. He was the only man at that time who obeyed God. The people who lived near him could not find anything wrong with what he did".
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