A Look at the Heart of God

A Look at the Heart of God

God was grieved with every person on the earth.

But,

Noah found favor

in the eyes of the Lord.

How did he do it?

The Secret…

He touched the heart of God!

 

 Our selfishness keeps us from seeing much beyond

the things that effect our lives.

A good gage to help us find out how self-centered we are,

is recalling our conversations for the last week or so.

When you are in conversation with others

are you talking about your life

or asking about the other person’s life?

Are you listening to what others

have to say about their life?

The question is

how well do we know the heart

of those around us?

Are those around us happy,

or sad on the inside?

Our God has a heart, too!

A heart that feels

the emotions of joy and sorrow.

We sometimes don’t think about it

because He is God Almighty.

But as big as God is,

His heart breaks just like ours.

From the fall in the Garden,

until the time of Noah,

God’s heart was breaking.

He looked for those who would draw near to Him,

to care about what He cares about.

But what we find is…

“The LORD saw how great

man's wickedness on the earth had become,

and that every inclination of the thoughts of His heart

was only evil all the time.”

Genesis 6:5 NIV

God’s heart was so grieved

that He regretted creating people.

In fact, God is at His wits end.

He is at a point of hopelessness.

Until He sees Noah.

Noah found grace (favor).

What was it God saw in Noah?

It is hard to image that

God’s heart is not broken now.

It is hard to image

that He would put up with the evil

and selfishness of people much longer.

Could it be that there are those like Noah today

that are keeping the wrath of God away.

As God looks through the earth,

and His eyes stop at your house…

Does He like what He sees?

God is still looking for those to show His favor on.

Be a modern day Noah!

Scripture Reading

Genesis 6:1-8 NIV

6:1 When men began to increase in number on the earth

and daughters were born to them,

2 the sons of God saw that the daughters of men were beautiful,

and they married any of them they chose.

3 Then the LORD said, "My Spirit will not contend with man forever,

for he is mortal; his days will be a hundred and twenty years."

4 The Nephilim were on the earth in those days — and also afterward —

when the sons of God went to the daughters of men and had children by them.

They were the heroes of old, men of renown.

5 The LORD saw how great man's wickedness on the earth had become,

and that every inclination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil all the time.

6 The LORD was grieved that he had made man on the earth,

and his heart was filled with pain.

7 So the LORD said, "I will wipe mankind,

whom I have created, from the face of the earth

— men and animals, and creatures that move along the ground, and birds of the air

— for I am grieved that I have made them."

8 But Noah found favor in the eyes of the LORD.