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by Bob and Debby Gass
Do What God Has Told You (1)
December 11, 2017
‘Noah did everything just as God commanded him.’ Genesis 6:22 NIV
Noah’s ark measured 300 cubits in length, 50 cubits in width, and 30 cubits in height. A cubit is thought to be the equivalent of 44.4 cm. That means the ark was the length of one and a half football fields. The internal volume of the ark was 43,000 cubic metres—the equivalent of around 350 buses. If the average animal was the size of a sheep, it had capacity for 125,000 animals. To put that into perspective, there are 4,000 animals from 350 different species at Taronga Park Zoo. That means you could fit over 31 Taronga Zoos on board Noah’s ark. And since it was the first boat ever built, it’s not like it came with an instruction manual. It was back-breaking work that required blood, sweat, and tears. And it took an incredible amount of faith to build the ark. Who builds a boat in the desert? Who hammers away for over 100 years on something they might not even need? Who banks their entire future on something that has never happened before? According to Jewish tradition, Noah didn’t just start building the ark. He planted trees first. After they were fully grown, he cut down the trees, sawed them into planks, and built the boat. And here’s an interesting piece of information: not until the late nineteenth century did a ship that size get constructed again. Yet that design ratio is still considered the golden mean for stability during storms at sea. Noah’s act of obedience literally changed the world—and obedience will change your world too. So do what God has told you to do.
Soulfood: Gen 44–46, John 18:1–24, Ps 105:1–7, Ecc 5:13–16
The Word for Today is authored by Bob and Debby Gass and published under licence from UCB International Copyright © 2017
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