
Hebrews 11:7 By faith Noah, being warned by God concerning events as yet unseen, in reverent fear constructed an ark for the saving of his household. By this he condemned the world and became an heir of the righteousness that comes by faith.
Why buy only a one-way ticket or burn your ships?
Matthew 11:29 Take My yoke upon you…
Luke 9:62 … puts [your] hand to the plow….
Luke 9:23 … take up [your] cross…
Genesis 6:22/7:5 Noah did all that the LORD had commanded him.
- Total commitment will capture the
Mark 12:30 Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.
What parts of Noah’s life were affected by his commitment?
Sometimes, when God calls you, you will have to stand
Noah did
Matthew 24:38 … eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day when Noah entered the ark….
Luke 5:5 But at Your word I will let down the nets.
2. Total commitment impacts the whole
Genesis 7:1 Then the LORD said to Noah, “Go into the ark, you and all your household….”
Genesis 19:14 (NKJV) Get up, get out of this place; for the LORD will destroy this city! But to his sons-in-law he seemed to be joking.
3 John 4 I have no greater joy than to hear that my children are walking in the truth.
Where is your ground zero for ministry? How do you accomplish that?
3. Total commitment
John 3:19-20 And this is the judgment: the Light has come into the world, and people loved the darkness rather than the Light because their works were evil. For everyone who does wicked things hates the light and does not come to the light, lest his works should be exposed.
Ephesians 5:8,11 You were darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light (for the fruit of light is found in all that is good and right and true). 11 Take no part in the unfruitful works of darkness, but instead expose them.
4. Total commitment receives the whole
Hebrews 10:35-37 Do not throw away your confidence, which has a great reward. For you have need of endurance. So that when you have done the will of God you may receive what is promised. For “Yet a little while, and the coming One will come and will not delay.”
Romans 8:17 (NKJV) joint-heirs with Christ….
What are some of the costs of total commitment?
What is the reward for total commitment?
Afterthoughts
What portions of your life and family have you withheld from God?
What aspect of your eternal reward can give you the courage to stand alone this week?
What step can you – will you – take this week to commit TOTALLY to God?
Scriptures for additional study
Luke 5:1-11
Luke 14:26-33
Philippians 3:7-14
Matthew 19:27-29
2 Peter 2:5
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