Day 3

Nov 3: Gen 9-12

I would have never thought that a drunk Noah could give me hope. I had actually read about this on some other guy's blog before but it really makes sense. In chapter 9, God establishes his covenant with Noah promising him all these amazing things for him and his family. In that same chapter, Noah gets krunked off wine and passes out naked. This is the guy that God trusted to continue the human race? The thing that pops out here is how real this is. Noah is still just another human that God uses. All the great people that God has used have incredible flaws too. David commits adultery, Paul persecuted Christians and the list goes on. Besides Jesus, no one is sinless and no one has lived a perfect life. I've had my fair share of drunken nights too and this gives me hope that God can still use me in awesome ways.

Chapter 12 gets into Abram's story. Right off the bat in verse 2, God is declaring that he will make Abram into a great nation. Later in the same chapter, we see flaws again in the people God chooses. Before Abram and Sarai head into Egypt, Abram is worried that they'll kill him to take Sarai away b/c she's so beautiful. He starts declaring these things like they're fact and ends up lying to the Pharaoh and bringing diseases to his family. What happened to trusting in God and everything he said he'd do for you? I know that I try to take so many things into my own hands and manipulate things for my own agenda, but inevitably this is when things go wrong. I pray that my mind will be clear and not clouded and that God's will, will be my own too.