Difference in the Normal

For in the days before the flood, people were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, up to the day Noah entered the ark; and they knew nothing about what would happen until the flood came and took them all away. That is how it will be at the coming of the Son of Man.

Matthew 24:38,39

When Noah got direction from the Lord, he and his family got to work. He was diligent about it until the job was done.  The project took years to be completed.  Probably decades.  During that time, it was very likely that he did not hear from God every day.  Very similar to a father asking his son to take care of a large project, he likely said "Git 'er dun, son."  And He left it at that.

But Noah could have said, "Eh! God's not keeping a close eye on me. Think I'll take a day off just because. How about cutting corners here and there?  What's a cubit or two anyway?" But he was diligent, and did everything God said to do.  (Genesis 6:22)

It was his job.  Just as his neighbors - the bricklayer, the blacksmith, the carpenter,,, the auto mechanic. The difference was that he was doing what God directed and how He directed.

So it is with us.  The Father has given us a destiny to complete.  Jobs to do.  People's lives to impact. He directs us along the way, but often leaves it to us to carry it out as He instructs. The difference is that we're doing it for Him as He directs.

Be the difference in a normal world.  In the end, He will return when we least expect it and will be blessed to see the difference.