Everyone has driven down the road, only to dodge the remains of someone’s blowout.
How many of us have had that blowout happen to us? We travel along at breakneck speed, the tire explodes with a loud noise, the flailing rubber and steel belts pound the underside of the car, and quickly the wheel becomes unstable in our hands.
That’s when it’s time to pull out our spare tire. Once we're on the road again, we question the reason for the blowout. Did we hit something? Was it excessive speed? Or had the tire outlived its usefulness?
Sometimes God has blowouts in his earthly plans. His work progresses at breakneck speed, and suddenly things go awry. Part of his plan fails, and he has to choose a backup option.
God has to pull out his spare tire.
In the book of Genesis, God had set up the world as a perfect place to commune with his creation. However, from the get-go, things went downhill. First there was Eve and the apple; then Cain murdered Abel; fallen angels took human women for their wives; and from there, humanity fell into general and unmitigated wickedness.
God was furious. He went on a rampage, full speed ahead, with all throttles open. He was going to destroy the world and all he had created. However, Genesis 6:8 tells us that Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord, and God chose to make a way to save Noah.
What happened afterwards caused God to pull out his spare tire.
Genesis 8:20-22 tells of events immediately after the flood. Out of a thanksgiving heart, Noah built an altar and offered up sacrifices to God. The savor was sweet to the Lord, and it changed God’s heart.
God said, “I realize that my creation is imperfect, and because of Noah’s sacrifice, I will be patient with mankind, and I will never again bring a flood to cover the face of the entire earth.”
God’s anger had outlived its usefulness, and after creating massive destruction, it was time to replace it with something new. He exchanged his tire of fury and destruction for one of patience and mercy.
We call it love.
God created us for one purpose, to worship and love him. He takes into account our flawed natures, and he continually draws us to him.
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