In God's Sight

Genesis 6:11-13
11 Now the earth was corrupt in God's sight and was full of violence. 12 God saw how corrupt the earth had become, for all the people on earth had corrupted their ways. 13 So God said to Noah, "I am going to put an end to all people, for the earth is filled with violence because of them. I am surely going to destroy both them and the earth.
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Mankind didn’t do so hot of a job taking care of the earth. In fact, it got so bad God decided to wipe the earth clean. Man and earth seem to be tied together. Man was made from the earth and earth was given to man. Earth didn’t fare so well. God cursed it because of man’s disobedience. Disobedience led to violence and corruption. Once again, God judges creation in the hands of man and it is not good. Man and earth reap the consequences of ungodly life.

The story of Noah speaks to us today of what God saw, judgment, and the provision He made for life. God commanded him to build an ark. Noah obeyed God in all things. God provided a way for life, that enables man to rise above the brokenness that came from disobedience.

I can’t help but think this story of the past applies today and tomorrow. How different is our world from the world described in this passage? The Bible speaks of a judgment to come. There will be a new world, made clean not by a flood of waters, but the light of God. People back then scoffed at the idea of a flood. People scoff today at the idea of a God that created the universe and will judge us by His standard, not ours. Only God’s sight counts. How do you see it?