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So Noah did everything exactly as
God had commanded him.
Genesis 6:22

How amazing is it when you do exactly what God instructs you to do even before you see the fruit of His promises. God may have told you to put down a certain relationship or friendship. He may have told you to start a ministry or to just be kind to a specific co-worker at your job before you even see why He's instructing you to do these things. In Genesis 6, Noah was obedient before he even saw a flood in sight. What I love about Noah is that he didn't ask any questions, he just obeyed! I believe that we ask God too many questions! "Well God if I do that how will you do this or if I do this how will you do that?" What I want us to do is to stop asking God how He will do something! Stop asking God how He will accomplish what He's already promised you. Your job is to obey Him and have faith that if He told you to do something rest assure that He has already given you the grace to accomplish it. The Bible says, "I am certain that God, who began the good work within you, will continue his work until it is finally finished on the day when Christ Jesus returns (Philippians 1:6).

Do you know why Noah didn't ask God any questions? It was because Noah had faith in God! "Well, I have faith in God too Devin. No, I'm talking about the kind of faith in God that when He only gives you step one of the plan you ask no questions, you just do it. In Genesis 6, Noah didn't ask any questions he just did as God commanded him. Do you have that kind of faith? Do you have the faith that when God has instructed you to do something you just do it because you believe in what He says. It was by faith that Noah built a large boat to save his family from the flood. He obeyed God, who warned him about things that had never happened before. By his faith Noah condemned the rest of the world, and he received the righteousness that comes by faith (‭Hebrews‬ ‭11‬:‭7‬ NLT). In other words Noah's faith was so strong in God that he was willing to build an ark 450 feet long, 75 feet wide, and 45 feet high before he saw any rain (‭Genesis‬ ‭6‬:‭15‬ NLT). Some of us wouldn't even walk down the street let along build an ark without knowing for sure God would do something. If you're anything like me you've probably said, "Lord give me a sign that this is what you want me to do." But why do we say these things? Don't you know that God is faithful! Don't you know that He knows the end from the beginning (Isaiah 46:10). My prayer for us is that we learn to trust and obey God even when we don't see anything that looks remotely close to what we desire or what God promised us. Whether it's small or large I want God to be able to instruct me to do something and I do it! I don't want to ask any questions. The Bible says, He guides us along right paths (Psalm 23:3). God leads us closer to our purpose. The sheep doesn't ask it's shepherd "where are you taking me."  The sheep just obeys and follows it's shepherd. As God's sheep we should just obey and follow our Shepherd! Let's get to a point where we say whatever you want me to do God I'll do it and wherever you want me to go I'll go.

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