There are times when we can look at the darkness in the world around us and get discouraged….

 

I think one of the darkest times in human history was described in Genesis 6.

 

Genesis 6 5 The LORD saw how great man’s wickedness on the earth had become, and that every inclination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil all the time. 6 The LORD was grieved that he had made man on the earth, and his heart was filled with pain. 7 So the LORD said, “I will wipe mankind, whom I have created, from the face of the earth-men and animals, and creatures that move along the ground, and birds of the air-for I am grieved that I have made them.”

 

I think it is important to the Lord that we read ALL of the story, or as Paul Harvey puts it:  “The Rest of the Story”…..

 

Perhaps the most important verse in this entire chapter is read out of Genesis 6:8.

 

Genesis 6 8 But Noah found favor in the eyes of the Lord.

 

I heard a pastor emphasize this point and I have always been convicted by it.

 

But Noah …..

 

Darkness can be everywhere.

 

Men can be doing the wrong things.

 

Hearts can be hard.

 

Evil can rule.

 

But we can never underestimate the power of God working in the hearts of people….or even ONE PERSON.

 

So the question of the day is this:

 

Who do you choose to be?

 

Are you ready to jump in and flow with the mainstream and let the popular vote dictate your morals and viewpoints?

 

Can a man of power intimidate you into changing your very thoughts?

 

Are you, as the Lord would describe, a wave being blown and tossed by the sea?

 

Or do you choose to be the leader that God has called you to be?

 

All of us get to choose.

 

We can let circumstances tell us we are blessed or cursed…or we can act in great faith.

 

We can allow the crowd to lead our footsteps…or we can act in great faith.

 

We can choose to focus on how people perceive us…or we can act in great faith.

 

We can operate in the physical…or we can act in great faith.

 

The enemy would have us believe that he is driving the direction of where things are going, that he is in control, that darkness has overcome the light.

 

But the reality is this:  Our God came and made a “spectacle” of him—triumphing over him on the cross.  He showed incredible power in weakness and traded out His throne that He might show us how to change the world by….acting in great faith.

 

2 Chronicles 2 9 For the eyes of the Lord move to and fro throughout the earth that He may strongly support those whose heart is completely His.

 

The question today is not the darkness that exists in front of us……

 

The question is whether we can have a heart that is completely His…..

 

In The Name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit.  Amen.

 

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Coach J