Genesis 6:21-22
Also take with you every sort of food that is eaten, and store it up. It shall serve as food for you and for them.” Noah did this; he did all that God commanded him.
Tag: God's Provision through Grace
Noah and his family didn't know it but they would be in the ark for over half a year. This was not going to be a Saturday afternoon cruise up a river. There would be no way for Noah to understand the extent of what God was doing. This was all unfamiliar territory. There was no refrigerator on the ark. There was no ice to keep things cool and to keep food from spoiling. There is no doubt that by this time on the earth there was an understanding of how to keep food. Homes didn't have refrigerators either. Never-the-less, there was no way of knowing how to store food on a boat. God had to provided for them wisdom and understanding of how to pack provisions. This food was to be for them and for the many animals. We know that God can and has provided miraculous ways for food to be provided. The widow in Elijah's day had an oil bottle that never ran out. God is going to provide for them. However, they had to, by faith, not worry about the food, but trust God and do as he said. Noah's wife could not be a worrier about where they would have food. Noah's sons could not be worriers as to how they would feed the animals. Noah simply obeyed, as the above text states. God provides where He guides us to go. We are not exempt from gathering the "food" but He will sustain the use of it through the entire journey.
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