"And Noah built an altar to the Lord and took of every clean [four-footed] animal and of every clean fowl or bird and offered burnt offerings on the altar. When the Lord smelled the pleasing odor [a scent of satisfaction to His heart], the Lord said to Himself, I will never again curse the ground because of man, for the imagination (the strong desire) of man's heart is evil and wicked from his youth; neither will I ever again smite and destroy every living thing, as I have done. While the earth remains, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease." Genesis 8:20-22 (Amplified)
Giving God your very best requires a commitment that originates from the depths of your soul. Noah had been on the journey of his life as God single handedly wiped out the earth. God has asked Noah to give up everything to build an ark because God was going to flood the earth. After the flood had subsided Noah's first inclination was to bring an offering to God as a sign of gratitude. Think about it... emerging from his greatest trial... Noah presented to God an offering.
So moved just by the odor of the CLEAN sacrifice God made a standing promise that lasts to this present day. God used Noah's situation to not only try Noah but bring out the best in him. To bring out of Noah a fabric of obedience and gratefulness I doubt he ever thought he had. Doing things God's way brings out the best in us even if its through what we see as our worst circumstances. Realize that the worst things get, the more people ridicule your absurd idea to build an ark, or your ability to see what cannot be explained. The closer your deliverance is. What offering is God asking of you?
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