You can read the quote in the Book of Matthew, Chapter 24, beginning with verse 37:

"But as the days of Noe were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.  For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark."

Eating and drinking ...people getting married, planning on a life together.  Is that like any other day??  Will we not recognize it??  

And about our life ...should we not plan our life??

Luke 12:16 begins a parable spoken by Jesus: "The ground of a certain rich man brought forth plentifully; and he thought within himself, saying, 'What shall I do, because I have no room where to bestow my fruits?' And he said, 'This will I do; I will pull down my barns, and build greater; and there will I bestow all my fruits and my goods.'  And I will say to my soul, 'Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry.'  (Make note that only God has the authority or wisdom to address anyone in this following fashion) But God saith unto him, 'Thou fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee: then whose shall those things be, which thou hast provided?'  So is he that layeth up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.  (And Jesus said unto His disciples), 'Therefore I say unto you, take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat; neither for the body, what ye shall put on.  This life is more than meat, and the body is more than raiment.  Consider the ravens, for they neither sow nor reap, which neither have storehouse nor barn; and God feedeth them: how much more are ye better than the fowls?  And which of you with taking thought can add to his stature one cubit?  If ye then be not able to do that thing which is least, why take ye thought for rest? Consider the lilies how they grow; they toil not, they spin not; and yet I say unto you, that Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.  If God so clothe the grass, which is to day in the field, and tomorrow is cast into the oven; how much more will He clothe you, O ye of little faith?  And seek not ye what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink, neither be ye of doubtful mind.  For all these things do the nations of the world seek after; and your Father knoweth that ye have need of these things.  But rather seek ye the kingdom of God ...'"



So, there are many ways we can plan for our future ...by financial planning and by family planning through marriage, but what about eternal plans??

The first verse mentions giving in marriage ...and they had arranged marriages back then.  We look at it today as more of a give & take situation ...with increasingly more taking.  This often leads not to giving in marriage, but in giving up.

Verse three of Chapter six, in the Book of Genesis, says: "And the LORD said, My Spirit shall not always strive with man ..."

That does not mean that God was giving up on us ...as is well-evident by the population of our present earth. The heart of man was not foremost with God ...and often not at all.

If God is not foremost in our lives, it eventually becomes not at all ...little by little, and we don't even see it as such.

If we read the Bible, we don't have to imagine ...we can know.  But, many don't know ...and they doubt.

And if you doubt that the Bible is true, then what else do you have??

You have your imagination.

You can imagine God to be whom you want Him to be ...and you can imagine Jesus having walked the earth, even imagining how He would respond if He walked the earth today, in our society.

You can imagine who He would condemn, and who He would favor.

You can imagine that He wouldn't condemn anyone.

You can imagine there is no Satan, no Hell, no bottomless pit, and no lake of fire burning with brimstone.

You can imagine like those who imagined in verse five ---"And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually."

We may say our heart is not evil, only a bit not nice sometimes ...and not continually so, only certain times as we struggle. Yet, there are those who have to live daily under conditions that may see you a bit disconnected in viewing things as such.

I know we often have a flood of emotions ...

Yet, if we let emotions rule, we will find ourselves only treading water and drowning in our own tears.

Emotions were given to us by God, and they are an invaluable part of our lives ...and they should be considered when it is decided how we are to proceed each day.  Yet, emotions alone cannot rule ...anymore than rules can rule by themselves.

Gilbert K. Chesterton  was addressing a statement by Jesus in reference to the Kingdom of God ...the part giving perspective to the camel and an eye of a needle.  He said, "Should industry learn to produce a very large needle, and biologists breed a smaller camel?"

Now, there is not a lot of clarity as to the difference between the Kingdom of God and the Kingdom of Heaven.

And is the statement by Jesus referring to a  condition of salvation that is a bit different than what He said it was at other times??

Jesus did clarify that with God all things are possible ...and after reading the 19th Chapter of Matthew, we can move to the 19th Chapter of Luke to see the story of a rich Zacchaeus. After proclaiming to give half of what he had to the poor and to restore fourfold those he had cheated ...Jesus said that day salvation had come to his house.

Had the heart of Zacchaeus changed??  Had our hearts changed when we accepted Jesus as our savior??

If Zacchaeus had continued with his cheating wealth, would his heart be able to change??  

And what kind of witness would he have been to others if he had not changed??  To represent God's Kingdom, is to represent God ...and to impress upon others the genuineness of it.

I don't believe most of us are so poor that we need others to give to us, nor are we so rich that we need to make ourselves poor ...thereby drastically diminishing the economy of which charity depends upon.

It's much our attitude towards each and every situation that comes forth in our lives.

We should strive to keep our hearts with God.