As The Lord Commanded. Genesis 7:1-5 NLT

There's a lot packed into these 5 verses. First, imagine being the only person left on the earth who still respects and worships the Lord. Noah must have been mocked and ridicule the entire 100 years it took to build the ark. 

Did Noah share with the people why he was building such a large boat miles and miles from the nearest body of water? Did he tell them "The Lord said" it will rain? If he did, they must have laughed, it had never "rained" before. Rain from the sky? Absurd! 

But Noah did everything as the LORD commanded him. 

We often think Noah only took two of each kind of animal. But God told Noah to take seven pair of each animal approved for eating and sacrifice. Eating makes sense but sacrifice? On the ark? Yes sacrifice. There would be sacrifices performed on the ark. 

And Noah did everything as the LORD commanded him. 

"Also take seven pairs of every kind of bird." Why? Why are the birds allowed seven pairs and no other species? Noah will only send out two doves and only one did not come back. Did Noah question God about this? Did Noah argue? 

No, Noah did everything as the LORD commanded him. 

Do you? Would you? If God asked you to do something for Him, even when you don't completely understand why or how would you question? Would you argue?  

How many of us could say we did everything as the LORD commanded? 

Genesis 7:1-5 NLT 

1 When everything was ready, the LORD said to Noah, “Go into the boat with all your family, for among all the people of the earth, I can see that you alone are righteous.  2 Take with you seven pairs—male and female—of each animal I have approved for eating and for sacrifice, and take one pair of each of the others.  3 Also take seven pairs of every kind of bird. There must be a male and a female in each pair to ensure that all life will survive on the earth after the flood.  4 Seven days from now I will make the rains pour down on the earth. And it will rain for forty days and forty nights, until I have wiped from the earth all the living things I have created.” 

5 So Noah did everything as the LORD commanded him. 

Blessings, Cecilia