Imagine if God had asked you to build the ark. It’d be an incredibly daunting task. The Bible tells us that Noah’s ark was 300 cubits long, 50 cubits wide, and 30 cubits high (we can find this in Genesis 6:15). A cubit is the equivalent of just over 44 centimetres, which means the ark was roughly the length of one-and-a-half football pitches. Inside, it would have been about the same size as 350 buses. If we take the average animal to be the size of a sheep, the ark would have been able to hold around 125,000 animals. Let’s put that into perspective…London Zoo has about 21,600 animals, so that means you could fit nearly six London Zoos on board Noah’s Ark. If you were under the same conditions as Noah, then as well as being tasked with building something of those immense dimensions, you’d have no power tools or machinery to help you build it. If we’re honest, most of us probably wouldn’t even try if we’d been asked to take on the task. It sounds impossible. But with God’s help, nothing that He asks us to do is impossible. All that He requires is that we obey Him, trust Him, and say ‘yes’ to Him. Then He can help us achieve the seemingly impossible. The Bible tells us that ‘Noah did everything just as God commanded him’ (Genesis 6:22 NIV). And the result was that Noah successfully completed the ark and saved his family and the animals when God flooded the earth. Noah’s act of obedience literally changed the world. Maybe God won’t ask you to take on a task as big as the ark, but your obedience to Him could also end up having effects that are just as world-changing.

What now?

Is there something God’s been asking you to do? Today, why not say ‘yes’ to Him. Ask Him to help you see the task through to the end.