Latest Devotion
A Fool For God
By: Lisa Boisvert
Wednesday, April 8, 2026
Noah did everything just as God commanded him. Genesis 6:22
We know the story of Noah. We also know how wise Noah was for believing God and building the ark. But consider the time before the flood. Noah’s friends and neighbors wouldn't have thought of Noah as a wise man at all. They would have seen him as a fool!
Only the eight people in Noah's family survived the flood. The rest of humanity was swept away. Until the rain poured down, everyone lived the debauched, evil way they always had. Before it rained, watching Noah and his family build a huge ark must have seemed insane... Like our world today, they imagined life would go on as it always had.
Imagine the taunts, insults, and mockery that Noah and his family endured. If he wanted to fit in, Noah just had to listen to the crowd's wisdom instead of God's. To everyone else, God’s instructions must have seemed preposterous! Noah had no reference point to understand a catastrophic flood, so he may have wondered why God was giving him such strange and detailed instructions. But Noah chose wisely. He trusted God and built the ark as He commanded.
God’s opinion meant more to Noah than the opinions of man. Noah’s "foolishness" was godly wisdom, and God used Noah's faith to bring salvation to his family. Noah wisely followed God's instructions, even when it made Him look foolish to the world. Noah’s willingness to ignore public opinion saved him and his family. God offers each of us salvation, but accepting His offer may make us appear foolish to the world. Like Noah, we may even be taunted, insulted and mocked for our faith.
For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God. 1 Corinthians 1:18
Salvation comes at a cost. Our friends and family may start avoiding us. They may call us fools or make fun of us behind our backs. But your eternal destination and your relationship with Christ matters so much more than anything the world offers. The question is, are we willing to be like Noah? Are we willing to be fools for Christ?
If we're following Jesus, we must be willing to do everything God commands. Even when the world sees it as foolish!