It took Noah 120 years to build and prepare the ark. We know that he preached to a rebellious generation during this time (2 Peter 2:5). He could have given up at any time and said, “Lord this is just too hard.” Or he could have lost faith in the Lord who put him up to such a ridiculous task. Noah could have quit, which would have been the easy thing to do. Thankfully he didn’t.
Had others in Noah’s day repented and turned to the Lord. They would have had to prepare some kind of boat as well to be saved from the coming storm. If the price of simple repentance wasn’t too high the inconvenience of having to copy Noah’s ark building idea certainly was. Obeying the Lord in those days would have been a very public thing. I am willing to bet that many didn’t join Noah because of the ridicule that they would have had to endure. . . .
Obedience to the Lord is important. It can often be life saving, but it isn’t always easy. Some things never change.
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