Noah found grace.

“But Noah found grace in the eyes of the LORD.”

When Noah was born his father Lamech “called his name Noah, saying, This same shall comfort us concerning our work and toil of our hands, because of the ground which the LORD hath cursed.” Important Bible people have names that coincide with their work for the Lord. Noah’s task was to save the line of the Promised One and through this everyone on earth would, one day, have the chance to choose to be saved from the absolute consequences of sin.

Leading up to this verse we have a very sad picture painted. The earth is becoming more and more sinful and God’s enemies seem to be getting stronger and stronger, so much so that we might wonder if these enemies have become too powerful for God and He must, inevitable, give up the whole battle.

But there is hope Noah found grace in the eyes of the LORD. This is the first time that we come across the word “grace” in the Bible. Even though we find the concept in the first verse of the Bible. This introduction helps us to define grace and, specifically, God’s grace, for God is the source of all true grace.

The world deserved to die and suffer the full, everlasting consequences of sin but Noah found grace. That is, God was willing to offer the world something that is undeserved by offering comfort to those who are caught up in a situation where they can do nothing to help themselves but have to rely entirely on God. But God is gracious and He did something so that the helpless and hopeless could find help and hope. Isn’t God wonderful!

If you would like to find out more about God's grace at the beginning you might like to visit http://www.lulu.com/content/799024 and buy a copy of my book “The Scarlet Thread”.

(The view expressed in this blog are my own and should not be taken as inspired in any way.)