Be Still And Know

Hebrews 11.7 NLT '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.' The account of Noah building an ark and saving his family together with vast numbers of birds and animals is a wonderful story and I suspect that most of us were told it from our earliest years. It’s a story of enormous courage. The world had never seen a flood like this before so the idea of Noah building a vast boat would have seemed absurd to all those around him. And the idea of packing the boat with smelly wildlife would have appeared an even more incredible challenge. But Noah did these amazing things for one reason - he was a man of faith. In this chapter the writer to the Hebrews is seeking to unpack what it means to live by faith and Noah offers us an inspiring example. Most of us spend much of our lives conforming. We fit in with society and the people around us and just get on with life. I’m not criticising that approach bu