Remember Me!

“Then God remembered Noah…”
Genesis 8:1

I read the above passage this morning and I so needed this reminder for today. For Noah and his family there was a storm raging all around them – literally the flood gates of heaven were opened, pouring water all over the earth and drowning everything they once knew, but God’s hand of protection was upon them the whole time.  In Genesis 7:1, we see that God invited Noah to come into the ark.  He was saying “Noah, I’m here in the ark, come in, I will be riding through this storm with you.  Here is where there’s shelter from the storm, a place of refuge, come in.”  Notice after God had told Noah to come in that there is nothing recorded that God spoke to him at all during those 40 days and 40 nights of the storm.  No doubt God had the ark in full control as it raged through the currents and got tossed to and fro by the waves.  No doubt they could sense His presence was with them, but do you ever wonder what was going on in their minds during those 40 days and 40 nights of silence from God?  No doubt that Noah and his family felt the bumping and rocking of the ark along the way.  No doubt they were wondering how long they would be in the ark.  

Have you ever been in the middle of a storm that has been raging for a very long time and been waiting and pleading with the Lord for a break in the clouds but there was nothing, just silence from Him?   And just when you see a crack of light peaking through the clouds, the clouds seem to cover it up again?  In these moments do you feel like God has forgotten about you, has abandoned you?  Take courage, beloved of God – He has not forgotten you!  When we come to Genesis 8 and read “Then God remembered Noah” it doesn’t mean that He forgot about him.  Believe me, God doesn’t have blonde moments – He wasn’t like “OMGEEEEEEEZ!!! I left Noah, his family, and all the animals on the ark – I hope they made it out alive!!!”  No! God is sovereign - in complete control at ALL times!  If we could only get this through our minds every moment of every day!   When it says “Then God remembered Noah” the word remember means “to pay attention to, to fulfill a promise and act on behalf of somebody”.  God was now going to act on behalf of Noah and bring the storm to an end.  It says in Psalm 139:17 that God’s thoughts are precious toward us and more in number than the sand of the sea.  His thoughts toward us are of peace and not evil, to give us a future and a hope (Jeremiah 29:11).  We are constantly on His mind. The cries of His children are never ignored.  Hold on - He is faithful! Know that He has placed you in His protective ark and you are absolutely in the safest place you can be - right in the middle of His will. 

God, remember me!