Take a moment to read the entire chapter of Genesis 6 before reading the devotional below.
The Bible is weird, and today’s chapter may leave you scratching your head. Good news! Bible scholars are still scratching their heads too. We start off with this strange description of the “sons of God” having sex with human women and producing giants. Yeah. No idea. Are the “sons of God” some kind of fallen angels? Or maybe some really strong and impressive men? Check out this helpful article that explores the issue.
Interestingly, God’s having some serious regrets by this point. If we add up some numbers from the genealogy in the last chapter, 1,056 years passed between Adam’s creation and Noah’s birth. God’s creation has unraveled and today’s chapter reveals it “broke his heart.” Only one person is still connected to God — Noah. God chooses Noah’s family to start the world again.
Here’s your freedom for today:
God won’t give up on you.
God could have given up on the world entirely. One more generation past Noah and there might have been no one left. Why not just crumple us up like a paper with a misprint and toss us in the trash? Maybe even recycle and make some kind of new species out of the chopped up bits of life forms? Love. God loves humans in a way that we can’t quite understand. He never wanted to give up, and Noah may have been the last chance to save humanity. God wasn’t giving up on us, and he won’t give up on you. He’s been pursuing you for a long time.