Hebrews‬ ‭11‬:‭7‬ ‭NIV — By faith Noah, when warned about things not yet seen, in holy fear built an ark to save his family. By his faith he condemned the world and became heir of the righteousness that is in keeping with faith.‬‬

Can you imagine the holy fear it took for Noah to build the ark? I wonder if he ever got tired or questioned the process or did he just persevere. Recently our youth group went through a series of “Would you rather?” questions. One of the questions was, “would you rather name the animals or build the ark?” Both took holy fear and faith. Both took commitment to follow through. 

Building the ark was the first crazy step. In Genesis 7:2 the thought process of seven pairs of every kind of clean animal and one pair of every kind of unclean animal was the next crazy step. It was God. It was holy fear crazy. Check out the Ark Encounter where they encourage you to think bigger and the Creation Museum where they say, prepare to believe. If Noah only knew that one day his holy fear would now be displayed in a museum for all the world to see. I encourage us all to think big like Noah! 

Let’s pray. Dear God, thank You for the story of Noah. I desire to think big and live in holy fear with action faith. In Jesus’ name I pray, Amen.