"7 By faith Noah, when he was warned by God about things that were not yet seen, with fear prepared the ark in which his house was saved; and by that faith he condemned the world, and was made heir of the righteousness that comes by faith. "Hebrews 11: 7
In Noah's story we see the importance of living by faith, intentionally. The experience of faith in your life is evolving, as in this chapter of Hebrews. First we see what it is to worship God, to give him the best, by faith. Then we see what it is to walk with God by faith. And then we see that Noah did something different: He built something. There is a faith that builds, that builds.
Noah was living a time of corruption, of social immorality, a very difficult time in which to live. And God instructs Noah to build an ark in which his family was going to be saved. And the Bible says that Noah did it with fear. This is not the fear that frightens you, but a reverent fear. When you learn to fear the authorities, fear God, you learn to live by faith. Whoever does not have reverence for God, is not capable of having a different life in the midst of a world of corruption. We think that there is no result in doing things right, but Noé decided that he would not live like the world, and his family would not be lost; This, for his reverence to God. The fact that there are figures of authority who comment on errors does not justify the loss of reverence, respect for position. Enroll them to your children. Even if you are doing things right, if a police patrol approaches, it should give you a little scare, a reverent fear that will lead you to make sure you do not drive at excessive speed, that you have your belt buckled. It seems very simple, but if that is lost, you can not walk well with God. People have lost reverence, respect for God. Modernism has led many to this, but that reverence is what allows you to live a different life and have faith.
This faith of Noah, builds. The religious think they can merely pray for the salvation of their family, offer their family's salvation, fast the salvation of their marriage. But a marriage is not saved because you pray, but because you pray and build. He is praying and with the mallet giving. You pray for your marriage, and with the other hand, you build; You build with effort, with dedication. There is no such thing as that you are going to pray for your marriage to improve, and that that is enough. You pray, and on the other hand, you work, you build, you dedicate time, effort, you make, you spend, you risk, you dedicate yourself. You can not merely pray to your country free of problems, you have to pray and build what will save you when the difficulties come. The problem is that there are people who do not want to build, because building takes time, effort, money. Building is difficult; That's why not everyone does it. But you have to build. God gives you the opportunity to build; And you can pray, but you have to build.
Noah and his experience represent for us today, the opportunity to start from scratch. This is an opportunity that not everyone has. The circumstances that today have given you the opportunity to start over, you will not have them again. Your children, for example, are going to have to build on what you build today. Today you start with a blank page. Many times you have said: If I could start again, I would do different things. The problem is saying it from the mouth to the outside, but not doing what is necessary to make it so. We believe in a God who restores, who fixes old things, but rather than to restore, God likes to make a clean slate and a new account: So that if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; Old things happened, behold, all are made new.
God does not give you a new life, He gives you the opportunity to make a new life, it gives you the opportunity to make the right decisions so that there is a new beginning in you.
Take the opportunity that God gives you today to begin once more.