EXACTLY
Today's reading: Genesis 4-7

"So Noah did everything exactly as God had commanded him." Genesis 6:22 NLT

"So Noah did everything exactly as the Lord had commanded him." Genesis 7:5 NLT

When it's in there twice I have to realize it may be intended for me to notice, wouldn't you think?

Noah did exactly as the Lord had commanded him.

No tweaks to God's plan.

No 'Noah-spins' on any of the instructions.

No short-cuts.

No elaborate additions to the ark blueprints.

No taking license with what God 'intended'.

No refusing any part of it because it was too hard, too messy or too embarrassing.

No postponing it until the neighbors, the mocking neighbors, went to bed.

No fiddling with the number of animals required, surely He only intended one elephant--two is t0o many, right.

No disregarding God's instructions when it came to allowing the snakes on the ark.

Oh...I'm sorry, I read myself a little too much into the passage.

I see why God chose to place both the verses in my path this morning. He all too well knows my tendencies.

I need to follow His commands to the letter--you, too?