Details

"Make for yourself an ark of gopher wood; you shall make the ark with rooms, and shall cover it inside and out with pitch. This is how you shall make it: the length of the ark three hundred cubits, its breadth fifty cubits, and its height thirty cubits. You shall make a window for the ark, and finish it to a cubit from the top; and set the door of the ark in the side of it; you shall make it with lower, second, and third decks." -Genesis 6.14-16

God is going to send a flood to destroy the wickedness that has so aggressively corrupted His creation. Of all life on earth, only Noah is found to be righteous, and so Noah, along with his family will be saved. God tells Noah to build an ark so that he and his family, along with the animals and plant life may survive the flood. Then God tells Noah exactly how to build the ark.

God is a god of details. He gives Noah the exact dimensions of the ark. He tells him the type of wood to build it out of, and to cover it with pitch. He tells him where to put the window and the door, and how many levels to build. God doesn't leave Noah to figure it out for himself, He tells Him exactly what to do. When it's a matter of life and death, salvation and destruction, God doesn't mess around, leaving it up to us to figure out the specifics. God spells out the details so that there is no doubt about what needs to be done.

God is a god of details. He doesn't leave the question of salvation up in the air, He is very clear on what needs to be done and how to do it. God gave Noah the exact details of how to build the ark and find the salvation that it offers. Centuries later He gives the same details for how eternal salvation is possible, "that if you confess with your mouth Jesus as Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved". Salvation is not a complicated thing. Yes, there was a lot of work involved with Noah's task, but all he had to do was build it, God provided the details. Our task of salvation is much less complicated, because God has already done the building. The details of salvation are simple, confess Jesus as Lord, believe that God raised Him from the dead.

The details matter, and God is very clear on what they are.

TO GOD ALONE BE THE GLORY!

Peace be with you