A devotional look at eleven Biblical dads and what we can learn from them.
NOAH
The next Old Testament dad we’re going to look at is Noah. Everybody knows his story.
The Lord saw how great the wickedness of the human race had become on the earth, and that every inclination of the thoughts of the human heart was only evil all the time. The Lord regretted that he had made human beings on the earth, and his heart was deeply troubled. So the Lord said, “I will wipe from the face of the earth the human race I have created—and with them the animals, the birds and the creatures that move along the ground—for I regret that I have made them.” But Noah found favor in the eyes of the Lord. This is the account of Noah and his family.
Noah was a righteous man, blameless among the people of his time, and he walked faithfully with God. (Genesis6:5-9)
Noah found favor in the eyes of the Lord. He was righteous, blameless and he walked faithfully with God. He was all these things when the rest of the world was not. It would have been easy to join with the rest of the worldly crowd, but he loved God… and God rewarded him for his faithfulness. God chose to pluck Noah out of a crowd of “all evil all the time” and God started over with one who was without fault.
And Noah was patient. A detail oriented man who followed instructions well. Do you remember how long it took him to build the ark? 100 years. And why did he do it? Yes, he wanted to save his life. Yes, he wanted to obey God.
Noah was a family man… a good dad.
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