It wasn't raining when Noah built the ark

Noah was asked by God to build the ark. Though he lived in a dark time there hadn't been any rain and as such he had to live by faith. By that same token God is asking us to operate in faith as well. Noah set the bar for us to live up to and we need to line our priorities up accordingly. Maybe God wants us to do something that is odd or unreasonable but we need to accept His will and work how He desires.