Thinking outside of the box

Thinking outside of the box

Gen. 6:14-15, 22

[God said to Noah],

Make yourself an ark of gopher [cypress] wood;

make in it rooms [stalls, pens, coops, nests, cages, and compartments]

and cover it inside and out with pitch. [so it won’t leak]

And this is the way you are to make it:

the length of the ark shall be 450 feet, its width 75 feet, and its height 45 feet. [The size was amazing— it was just like a modern cargo ship - not some whimsical houseboat with giraffe necks sticking out the top]

Noah did this; he did all that God commanded him.

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Pray the Word:

Lord, what kind of person is it that hears Your voice telling them to build an ‘ark’, when there is no outward indication that there’s a need for such a vessel and even the course of nature and experience seemed against the probability of an kind of occurrence that would require such. Besides that, the opinion of others would ridicule it and the whole world would be turned against him. .  .  .  .  Yet, persuaded the communication was from You, through faith, he started THINKING OUTSIDE OF THE BOX and set about preparing the the means of salvation for all who would get on board with him. We don’t want to be little men with little minds and little imaginations that go through life in little ruts, smugly resisting all changes which would jar our little world.