Noah found Grace

But Noah found grace in the eyes of the LORD. This is the genealogy of Noah. Noah was a just man, perfect in his generations. Noah walked with God… - Genesis 6v8-10

Have you even been all alone spiritually? I can tell you it is a tough place to be. One of the toughest parts of a ‘from scratch’ church plant is moving to an area where there is no local church. No church, no Christian neighbours, and no where local to have fellowship. It is a lonely spot.

However with a little bit of work and a little travel you can find fellowship. Today we have email, Skype, Facebook, and other ways to stay in touch with fellow believers. We are not really all alone.

Noah had none of that. The world was full of wickedness. Every one around him only thought of doing evil all the time. It was so bad that God’s heart was grieved over His creation. Yet in the middle of all that we find Noah. He was a just man, one who was ‘perfect’ in his day, and he walked with God.

What an example Noah was. I can’t even imagine being in his sandals. No one else, literally no one was there to support him. Not only were there no believers in his workplace or his school or his neighbourhood or where he shopped, there were none anywhere. No Christian Facebook friends, no one to send him an encouraging email – no one.

And yet he still walked with God. We can cry and whinge and complain all we want, but no one had it like Noah did.

For one thing we can count ourselves blessed that none of us will ever face what Noah did. We can find someone, somewhere, by internet, phone or letter.

On another point though. The next time you sit down for a cuppa tea or coffee with a Christian friend remember to thank them for their friendship. The next time you get that edifying email or a friend posts something spiritually edifying on Facebook thank God for that blessing. Don’t take your local church for granted. We are so fortunate that we don’t have to stand alone like Noah did.