One Person Can Make A Difference
What difference can one life really make?
When we look at the state of the world — corruption, confusion, hostility toward truth, and spiritual darkness — it can feel easy to believe our lives are too small to matter. But throughout Scripture, God has always chosen ordinary people who were willing to trust Him completely.
This Sunday, we began our new series Running With The Giants by looking at the life of Noah.
Noah lived in a culture filled with compromise and wickedness, yet Scripture says:
“But Noah found favor in the eyes of the Lord.”
While everyone else walked away from God, Noah walked with Him. Before Noah ever built the ark, he built a relationship with God. His life reminds us that private obedience always comes before public influence.
The powerful thing about Noah’s story is that he obeyed God before he ever saw the rain.
There was no framework for a flood. No visible evidence. No precedent. Yet Noah kept building because faith obeys even when it doesn’t fully understand.
Every swing of Noah’s hammer became a sermon:
God’s word is trustworthy.
Obedience matters.
One person can make a difference.
And the same is true for us today.
Every act of integrity, kindness, generosity, forgiveness, and faithfulness points people toward Jesus. When we stand for truth in a world that has lost its anchor, we become living reminders that there is still hope.
The ark had one door — and Noah spent decades pointing people toward it. In the same way, our lives now point people toward Jesus, the true door of salvation.
You may not change the entire world, but through surrender and obedience, God can absolutely use your life to change someone’s world.
Don’t underestimate what God can do through one life fully surrendered to Him.
What stood out to you most from Noah’s story and why?
Why do you think it can be difficult to stay obedient when culture moves in the opposite direction?
The message said, “Private obedience precedes public influence.” What does that look like practically in everyday life?
Where might God be asking you to “keep swinging the hammer” even if you haven’t seen results yet?
How can our daily choices quietly point people toward Jesus?