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Daily Devotion: Genesis 6:8-9

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Genesis 6:8-9   “But Noah found grace in the eyes of the LORD. (9) These are the generations of Noah: Noah was a just man and perfect in his generations, and Noah walked with God.”

 Recently, we saw God was grieved by the wickedness of man. His creation had turned away from Him. In all the earth, there was only one man whose family had been with the Lord and walking in His will.  We saw a few days ago that Enoch walked with God, and God took him. Today, we see that Noah walked with God and God used him.  It repented God that He had made man, but “Noah found grace in the eyes of the LORD.” 

 

We see “Noah was a just man and perfect in his generations.” That does not mean that Noah was without sin; rather, his family had remained true to the direction of God concerning their lineage. Noah was mature in his walk with the Lord and was sensitive to the Spirit of God leading him in his life.  It is so very important that we practice the presence of the Lord in our daily walk. We may never be called upon to build an ark, but we are walking in the protection of God’s daily grace when we walk with the Lord.

 

Paul was inspired to write, “Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?”  (2 Corinthians 6:14) Noah was yoked together with the Lord and not the world. Paul also wrote, “God is faithful, by whom ye were called unto the fellowship of his Son Jesus Christ our Lord.” (1 Corinthians 1:9) The question for today would be this, “Do I want to walk in fellowship with the world and be tainted by its wickedness?” - or - “Do I want to walk in fellowship with my Lord and experience His presence in my life?

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