Following God's will is rarely easy.

It means stepping outside our comfort zone into unfamiliar territory,

and sometimes that means leaving a secure job, moving to a new city,

or standing firm against the naysayers.

Today, on Insight for Living, Chuck's Wendall teaches from Hebrews Chapter 11.

In this study, Chuck examines what it means to risk the unknown.

Last time, Chuck's first illustration was Abel and second, Enoch.

This time, it's Noah. Yes, following God's

will is rarely easy, but it's always worth it. Chuck titled his message, Fleshing Out the Will

of God.

Now the third mentioned to us in, mentioned to us in verse 7 is Noah.

By faith Noah, being warned by God about things not yet seen in reverence.

Love that. In reverence. Love that.

In reverence, prepared an ark for the salvation of his household,

by which he condemned the world and became an heir of the righteousness which is according to faith.

Peter tells us in 2.5 that Noah was a preacher of righteousness. Did you know that?

Not just an art builder and not just a man who found grace in the eyes of the Lord, according

to Genesis, Chapter 6, verses 8 to 22, which tell the story of Noah before the flood.

He was a preacher of righteousness.

It came according to Genesis, chapter 6, at a time when the depravity of man was enormous.

God saw that the wickedness of man was great on the earth, Genesis 6, 5,

and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.

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