God Will Send a Great Flood

God Destroys and Recreates

Noah's Steadfast Faith

Genesis 7:1-5 The Message

7 Next God said to Noah, “Now board the ship, you and all your family—out of everyone in this generation, you’re the righteous one.
2-4 “Take on board with you seven pairs of every clean animal, a male and a female; one pair of every unclean animal, a male and a female; and seven pairs of every kind of bird, a male and a female, to ensure their survival on Earth. In just seven days I will dump rain on Earth for forty days and forty nights. I’ll make a clean sweep of everything that I’ve made.”
5 Noah did everything God commanded him.

For Reflection

I was wondering how many times God had spoken directly to humans. One account shows that God spoke directly to people 22 times in the Old Testament.  Another found God speaking directly on only three places in the  New Testament and one event, in Revelation, God speaks in a vision (that may not count!).

So, does God speak aloud so that others can hear?  Well, Billy Graham says yes, but rarely. God speaks, it seems, through personal contact in the form of dreams, visions, or a voice heard only by the person spoken too, as Samuel or Noah had.

Sometimes God's voice is heard when reading. Not just through Scripture but through all forms of communication novels, stories, news reporting, plays, music and all kinds of performing and visual arts.  Perhaps, it is a matter of interpretation or perception through the eyes of the Holy Spirit in your soul. Sometimes God's voice is heard through the grace, kindness, and goodwill expressed by others.

Much of the time one hears the voice of God as whispers, a correction or a strengthening or a change in a conviction. Sometimes it comes in a compelling feeling that urges action. One day, one awakes and feels that he or she has to do something righteous.

Pray

Pray about all things and listen to the voice of God.


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