| First Reading: Psalm: Gospel: | Genesis 6:5-8; 7:1-5, 10 Psalm 29: 1-4, 3, 9-10 Mark 8:14-21 |
Genesis 7:4 For in seven days I will send rain upon the earth forty days and forty nights; and every living thing that I have made I will blot out from the face of the ground."
This has to cause us to pause a bit. God rightly is displeased with man and I guess one could understand why he would be sorry he put them on the earth and why he would want to destroy them. But why destroy "every living thing"? When he created it he said that it was good, and we have no reason to think that the earth and all living things have displeased God.
I think that there are two things here to take away. First, God is the creator and he can do what he wants. I mention this a lot, but I think our sense of entitlement is one of our biggest stumbling blocks. We are like spoiled kids. We think that we have some right to life and all the blessings that God gives. But the truth is, we have no rights, that are not God given. It is his prerogative to do what he wants with the creation the he makes.
Second, God did keep a remnant. He didn't actually destroy every living thing. He chose Noah and his family and Noah chose the animals that came along according to God's command. God, again, can choose to do what he wants with his creation. He chose to save it. Not all of it, but the ones that he chose.
As Christians we are often faced with he question can a non-Christian be saved? Well, can a Christian be saved? God chooses who is saved and who is not. That may seem unfair to us, but we are the creation, not the creator.
Father, help me by your Holy Spirit to follow you, believe in you, trust in you, and honor you. Help me to realize that I am your creation and you are not my creation.
Amen
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