God has a way of using loving pushes to keep us moving forward. These pushes keep us from allowing stagnation to set in and creativity and growth halt. Genesis 10 provides us reminders that God’s loving pushes are sometimes subtle and other times extreme. Either way, the goal of these pushes is to move us out of reach of the things that are behind so we can instead focus on the things that are ahead.

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Life is filled with distractions and deceptions which take our eyes off what's most important. No matter how hard we try, on our own we cannot sort through these things, but God provides simple instruction on how to clear our vision and see His path that leads to life. Genesis 10 points us to Isaiah 66 and these instructions, and that's where we focus our study for today.

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Placemaking is what we do when we dwell somewhere. In these places we can either establish worldly or heavenly kingdoms. Genesis 10 lists many kingdom places created by Noah's lineage that came and went in a worldly fashion except one. The only kingdom that withstood the test of time, is the eternal kingdom of God, passed through the lineage of Shem to Jesus to us.

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Our heritage and legacy depend on the lines we draw in our lives. We define these lines by the boundaries we set in the places we inhabit, the location of those places, how we allow the experiences in those places to affect us, and how we live to affect the lives of those around us. Genesis 10 tells of the linage of Noah and his sons and how they distinctly divided themselves into these categories as they grew from family units to large nations, a legacy that determined their usefulness or uselessness to God's overarching plan for humanity.

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Falling into sin is exactly that, a fall into a trap and ensnares us into behaving sinfully. But these falls can be prevented. Genesis 9 and Joshua 9 both tell stories of sinful traps set by the same lineage and how God's people foolishly allowed themselves to fall into sin by letting their guard down and not seeking wisdom in how to navigate their steps.

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We all make mistakes, so how is it we can still honor someone who has let us down or messed up? The answer is we honor the person, not their choices. Genesis 9 shares a story of a father who made a poor choice, and how his children responded. One dishonors him and the other two honor. So too, we have the choice to honor or dishonor others when we see their failings and then respond. In the end, we either allow God's covering over that person's failure or hold it back in unforgiveness.

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What captures and holds your attention mostly each day? Is it the things that are manmade or those that our Creator put on this earth to reflect His glory? Genesis 9 reminds us that something we may take for granted after a rainstorm, the rainbow, was placed with a purpose and Ezekiel 1 further explains how this bow of colorful light reflects God's radiance and beckons us to fall on our knees in awe of the God of creation.

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Without blood, we can't live. The blood in our bodies connects our organs and helps them work together and keep us alive. Genesis 9 has four verses that remind us that in the same way that blood connects our body, our relationships with God and others are interconnected and necessary for living.

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It is easy to get down on ourselves when we mess up and don't live the "perfect Christian" life. But God doesn't get down on us during these times, instead His word reminds us that our perfection completely rests on Him. Genesis 9 reminds us of God's desire to step into our imperfect world and lives and live out His perfect standards despite our sinful tendencies.

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No one is immune to suffering, especially Christians. Why? Because suffering has a purpose to shake us up and remake us better. Genesis 8 draws us into Noah's story, where his suffering led him to be a remade man. Today we look at some wisdom shared from Peter about suffering and discern how this year long shaking of our world by an epidemic is something God can use to remake us, His people, each into more perfected, conformed, strengthened, and established followers.

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