_{By faith, Noah built a ship in the middle of dry land. He was warned about something he couldn’t see, and acted on what he was told. . . . As a result, Noah became intimate with God. Hebrews 11:7 (MSG)}

_{Imagine this scene: One day God comes to Noah and says, “I’m disappointed in human beings. In the entire world, no one but you thinks about me. But Noah, when I look at you, I start smiling. I’m pleased with your life, so I’m going to flood the world and start over with you and your family. I want you to build a giant ship that will save you and the animals.”}

_{There were three problems that could have caused Noah to doubt:}

_{· First, Noah had never seen rain because prior to the flood God irrigated the earth from the ground up (Genesis 2:5-6).}

_{· Second, Noah lived hundreds of miles from the nearest ocean. Even if he could learn to build a ship, how would he get it to water?}

_{· Third, there was the problem of rounding up all the animals and then caring for them.}

_{But Noah didn’t complain or make excuses. He trusted God completely, and that made God smile.}

_{Trusting God completely means having faith that God knows what is best for your life. You expect him to keep his promises, help you with problems, and do the impossible when necessary.}

_{The Bible says, “He takes pleasure in those who honor him, in those who trust in his constant love” (Psalm 147:11 TEV).}

_{It took Noah 120 years to build the ark. I imagine he faced many discouraging days. With no sign of rain year after year, he was probably criticized as a “crazy man who thinks God speaks to him.” I imagine Noah’s children were often embarrassed by the giant ship being built in their front yard.}

_{Yet Noah kept on trusting God.}

_{In what areas of your life do you need to trust God completely?}

_{Trusting is an act of worship. Just as parents are pleased when children trust them, your faith makes God happy. The Bible says, “Without faith it is impossible to please God” (Hebrews 11:6 NIV)   .  :)  Prayerwarrior of Adland}

Hi Thomas,

Well said!  I love the story of Noah and his unswerving faith 
in God.

Thank you very much for sharing this with us in your forum.

Have a wonderful week, my friend.

Jen

Hi Thomas

In order to trust in God, you must totally surrender your will, your ideas, your desires, and your future in to God's hands. Many of us are "control freaks." We don't want to give the control of any part of our lives over to another. If you don't believe that God loves you fully and really does have your best interests at heart and desires the very best for you, trusting Him is going to be extremely difficult. It takes a very special relationship to allow that measure of surrender. Most of us have a tendency to claim trust in God. However, at the first sign of any difficulty or trial, we think that God must not love us because He is allowing this difficulty to happen. The trial is exactly what God is using to test the level of trust that we have in Him.  In spite of the trials, we always have God's promise that the trials and tests that we go through are for our good (Romans 8:28, Hebrews 12:2, 2 Corinthians 4:17, James 1:2). We learn that it is through trust that our relationship with God strengthens and our love for Him grows.

We can trust in many things. None, however, offer the protection plan, the long term security, or the benefits that trusting in God offers. All of the other things in which we place our trust can fail. God never fails! In the words of King David, ". . .Do not be afraid or discouraged, for the LORD God, my God, is with you. He will not fail you or forsake you. . ." (1 Chronicles 28:20).

God Bless

Fionnuala
N Ireland

You have a good Faith Fionnuala, so im not worried about you LOL. Just like any other thing in your life you just have to work at it, some people like me started off first at what? at working to make that money, we work, we get fired and its on to the next job, we soon find that life tears us down by what comes in our path, that life that comes your way, hard or easy it still comes from God and the sooner we realize that it is God who made the brian function and life begin, we figure out hey? maybe there is something else to this life here on earth.

_{Thanks Jen for the love :) Glad you enjoyed it, its good to keep it close to the heart at times if not all the time.}