How Old Are You?

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Notice verse 6 once more: "Noah was six hundred years old when the floodwaters came on the earth." We also know that it took Noah 100 years to build the ark. So with that in mind, I want to ask a couple of questions, and then elaborate some answers. Then we can talk through the comments (if any of you are so inclined), and see what we come up with, okay?

First question: Has there ever been a project that you have worked on that you would have stuck to for 100 years? I mean, think about it for just a second. Here is a 500 year old man, who starts a project to build a boat. But he is building that boat the length of one and a half football fields, the width of 80 feet (or the width of a decent sized house), and the height of close to a four story building. And all of this without the benefit of a detailed blueprint, modern power tools, or even another's help (save his three sons). But we do know that the people of his day must have thought he was a crazy man.

But Noah stuck to it...for a hundred years. That's longer than most of the people who are reading this blog post have ever lived or possibly ever will live. But Noah stuck to it. He kept going. He followed through. What in your life have you let slip? What in your life has gone on the back-burner because you felt it was taking too long, or it was too hard or too many people thought you were crazy for doing it? If you're facing that today, remember Noah, and keep going.

The second question is this: How often do we blame our age (whether we're too old or too young) for letting things go? How many times have we said, "That's for the older folks to take care of," or "I'm just too old to be doing this."? Can I say from the example of Noah, that if these words ever come out of your mind or your mouth to stop and remember that Noah was 500 when he started, 600 when he finished, and 601 when the voyage was finally over. And what did do after the flood? He became a farmer...and you know that's hard work.

So let's stop letting our age define what we can and cannot do. Let's start looking at our ages as nothing more than a signpost of the places we've been...not where we're going or even allowed to go. Stand strong and remember that God has great plans for you, and they will never fail.

Comment below on something you feel that it might be hard to do because of your age, and then we as a community of believers will pray for each other that we might no longer think this way, bet get out there and starting doing what we've been called to do by the Heavenly Father.

And we'll see you on Sunday!