God speaks to Noah and declares his intention: the end of all people has come before me, for the earth is filled with violence because of them. I am going to destroy them and the earth. This is the first time God speaks to Noah directly — and the first thing God says to him is an announcement of judgment. God does not hide from Noah what is coming or soften the news. He speaks clearly, honestly, and in advance — which is itself an act of grace and partnership. Amos 3:7 reflects on this pattern: God does nothing without revealing his plan to his servants the prophets. Noah is brought into God's confidence before he is given God's commission. John 15:15 records Jesus telling his disciples that he calls them friends, not servants, because a master does not share his plans with servants — the same movement from duty to intimacy. The application: do you approach God as someone who speaks clearly to those who walk with him, or as a distant authority whose plans you can never access? Ask today for the kind of intimacy that hears what God is doing.

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