*One Person Can Make a Difference!*
`But Noah found favor in the eyes of the Lord. Genesis 6:8`
The race of life is very different from all other races because here you never know where the finish line is until you’re actually crossing it. You may be closer to the start, or you may be nearer to the end, but know that you are also in the race.
When we read that we are surrounded by _“so great a cloud of witnesses”_ and that we should “run with endurance the race that is set before us” (Hebrew .12:1). The witness of Noah will serve to empower us and keep us running the race until our Creator tells us we’re done. As you and I enter the stadium and begin our first circuit of the track, wesee an ancient man coming out of the stands to greet us. His face isweathered, his hands are boney and there is a hobble in his gait. He is far older than any other human being we’ve ever seen
One person can make a difference. Because when God decided to destroy the earth with water, He made a covenant with Noah so that humankind might not perish (Genesis 8:21). The Bible says Noah lived to be 950 years old. Quite an accomplishment. But that’s nothing compared to the way he lived his life. His righteousness saved humanity from extinction. The book of Genesis explains the world’s condition during Noah’s time. It says: _Then the LORD saw that the wickedness of man was great in theearth, and that every intent of the thoughts of his heart was only evilcontinually. And the LORD was sorry that He had made man on the earth, and He was grieved in His heart. So the LORD said, “I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth, both man and beast, creeping thing and birds of the air, for I am sorry that I have made them.” But Noah found grace in the eyes of the LORD_ (Genesis 6:5–8)
Living a life of integrity and obedience to God always has the potential to positively impact others. We don’t always see it while we’re fighting _the good fight_, but it happens just the same. Noah was selected by God to build the ark because of the way he lived. Fortunately his obedience didn’t benefit just him. It also saved his family. Genesis 7:1 says, _The Lord then said to Noah, ‘Go into the ark, you and your whole family, because I have found you righteous in this generation_. Those closest to you benefit most when you do what’s right.
Your brother in Christ,
Apostle Ashok Martin