God's Remembrance

“And God remembered Noah…” - Genesis 8v1

Noah and his family have been in the ark for about six months. Flood waters cover the earth, and no matter how they look all they can see is water. There is not sight of land and no end is in sight. From their perspective all they have to look forward to staying afloat in the flood.

Sometimes our lives can feel the same way. We are staying afloat, but floodwaters surround us. Our floodwaters may not be like Noah’s. Our floodwaters may be financial, emotional, family, physical, or any number of things. These are no less real than the physical floodwaters that Noah and his family saw. Perhaps today you are looking out over floodwaters of some sort in your own life.

If so we can take great comfort from these simple words – “and God remembered Noah.” This does not mean, by any stretch of the imagination that God had forgotten Noah, it simply means that God “called Noah to mind.” God is omniscient, He never “forgets” His people. However, here God calls Noah and his situation to mind. He chooses to deal with Noah’s situation. From this point on we read of how God begins to dry up the floodwaters. There are six months more to spend an the ark, but God is working to sort out the situation. Noah cannot see the hand of God, but God has “remembered” Noah and the answer is on the way.

Do we ever feel forgotten by God in the midst of the floods of our lives? Let us take great comfort in the fact that God remembers us just as He did Noah! God is at work, even if we cannot see it. He has not forgotten us in the flood!