Make yourself an ark of gopher wood. Make rooms in the ark, and cover it inside and out with pitch. This is how you are to make it: the length of the ark 300 cubits, its breadth 50 cubits, and its height 30 cubits. Make a roof for the ark, and finish it to a cubit above, and set the door of the ark in its side. Make it with lower, second, and third decks. For behold, I will bring a flood of waters upon the earth to destroy all flesh in which is the breath of life under heaven. Everything that is on the earth shall die. But I will establish my covenant with you, and you shall come into the ark, you, your sons, your wife, and your sons' wives with you. And of every living thing of all flesh, you shall bring two of every sort into the ark to keep them alive with you. They shall be male and female. Of the birds according to their kinds, and of the animals according to their kinds, of every creeping thing of the ground, according to its kind, two of every sort shall come in to you to keep them alive. Also take with you every sort of food that is eaten, and store it up. It shall serve as food for you and for them.” Noah did this; he did all that God commanded him. (Genesis 6:14-22 ESV)
We often view God's plan with very selfish lenses. We think of "What's going to happen to me?" God wants us to make some extra room - to share the salvation He provides. Obviously, many of us are not so selfish that we would not include our family in our preparations, but do we go beyond that? Noah's instructions went far beyond safe transportation and a year's worth of boxed lunches. He was to look for what things would be like after the disaster, after the immediate threat, when God replenished the earth. And to be sure, he could have squeezed in a repentant sinner or two. When you think about potential disaster, are your thoughts totally self-preservation? Is there any room for thought on how to share with others?
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