Noah is a popular old man from the Bible. He is best known for the flood and the Ark. His story is of an unprecedented calamity, rejection and escape.
He prophesied a never
before rain and flood. The coming of a doomsday was predicted. It never
happened before and might not happen after. But he believed that troubled days
are ahead and try to teach the people around him about it.
He was rejected. He
went through the rejection for 120 years.
At last the dark days
occurred. But he managed to escape the troubled days. He was the only one to
escape the troubles.
How did he manage to
escape the calamity?
1.
He had a premonition about an imminent natural calamity. He tried to
warn the people around about the coming natural calamity, financial depression,
failure and doom. He shared his prediction with other fellows – with his fellow
men, business men, partners, co believers in the church/religious group, social
group etc. None accepted his theory. He was rejected by everyone. But he
continued his effort to warn the people for 120 years. He was rejected for 120 years.
Rejection did not discourage him. He was convinced of what he had found
out. His theory was not a day dream. It had deep roots in his experience and
vision of life. Thousands of rejections are not going to change his conviction.
None can shake his faith. He knew that he is right because he is right. He held
on….
2.
He prepared a plan to overcome the troubled days. Though none shared
his plan, he knew that it would work. There was no other practical way before
him to escape the dark days. The length and breadth of the Ark was decided. The
depth and height was formulated. Every detail was chalked and fixed.
3.
He was a man of action. He employed men to build the Ark. His employees
did not believe in the story of flood and an escape from it. Still he made them
work for him for 120 years. It was a tough time for him. He travelled across
the land to inform all his fellow men about the forthcoming calamity. Receiving
rejection, he would come back to his home and encourage his employees to work
hard on the Ark. He knew that thousands of rejection cannot change a truth.
4.
If such a flood ever occurs, can an Ark like that save Noah? He was
sure, it would. He knew what was going to happen. What would be the nature of
the calamity, the financial depression, the defeat etc. So he could prepare a
plan of sure escape. It will not fail. After all no other plan came to his
mind; none came with a better plan.
5.
On the last day before the rain, he stood alone. Rejected but confident
of what he had predicted. He was also confident that he had made sufficient
preparation to overcome the trouble days. He felt sorry for his fellow beings.
But he did not hesitate to enter the Ark, the plan of escape. He knew that none
can persuade anybody to take a safe place to escape dark days in their life.
Everybody had a responsibility to run for escape forth seeing troubles. He
cannot wait for none. It is not a time to wail for others. It is his time to
enter into the safety of the Ark.
What helped Noah to overcome the troubled days?
1.
His ability to look into the seeds of time – he was living today with
an eye on tomorrow.
2.
His conviction of what he has learned supported by his past experiences.
3.
His preparation of a plan to escape the troubles
4.
His execution of the plan
5.
His confidence and reliance in his plan of escape.
How
did it really work? How could he overcome the troubles?
He
floated over the waves of troubles that drowned many others till all the dark
days were over.
Floating
over troubles was his plan of escape.
Further
reading:
Noah – failure or
success?
Professor Jacob Abraham
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