DCLM Higher Everyday 30 April 2025 — Why Noah Found Grace
DCLM Higher Everyday 30 April 2025 Devotional by Pastor W. F. Kumuyi — Why Noah Found Grace
Topic: Why Noah Found Grace
Text: Genesis 6:1-10
1And it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born unto them,
3And the LORD said, My spirit shall not always strive with man, for that he also is flesh: yet his days shall be an hundred and twenty years.
4There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them, the same became mighty men which were of old, men of renown.
5And GOD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.
6And it repented the LORD that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart.
7And the LORD said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth; both man, and beast, and the creeping thing, and the fowls of the air; for it repenteth me that I have made them.
8But Noah found grace in the eyes of the LORD.
9These are the generations of Noah: Noah was a just man and perfect in his generations, and Noah walked with God.
10And Noah begat three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
Key Verse: “But Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord. These are the generations of Noah: Noah was a just man and perfect in his generations, and Noah walked with God” (Genesis 6:8, 9).
Message
The word ‘Grace’ in our memory verse refers to favour. The Bible records that Noah was just and righteous amid a people whose way of living made God regret that He had made man. He did not allow the pressure from the world to make him conform to their practices. He chose to be different and to honor God. He was a righteous man. His righteousness did not go unnoticed by God and as a result, God chose to keep him and his family safe during the flood and used him to preserve life on earth.
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Paul Yonggi Cho further defines this kind of grace for believers as, “A good will given out of unconditional, overflowing love with no expectation of reward or payment.” When we are born again and walk righteously, we find favour in the sight of God, ‘for thou, Lord, wilt bless the righteous; with favour wilt thou compass him as with a shield’ (Psalm 5:12). Favour before God begins by being born again, then abundant blessings and benefits become our possession. Are you born again?
Quote: He was a righteous man
Challenge: Righteousness breeds God’s favour and blessings.
Prayer for today: Lord, help me to be righteous in Your sight always.
1. Admit that you are a sinner. "For all [humans] have sinned, and comes short of the glory of God....[and] the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord" (Romans 3:23)
2. Repent now. "Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out ...[for] if we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness " (Acts 3:19, 1 John 1:9)
3. Believe that God loves you and Jesus died for you. "God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet Sinners, Christ died for us" (Romans 5:8)
4. Invite Jesus into your life through prayer of faith. Jesus says, "Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me" (Revelation 3:20)
