God Remembered
While doing some devotional reading, I found myself reading through the Genesis flood story. It’s an extremely powerful story of God’s dissatisfaction with the humans He created. However, there was one man, Noah, that won God’s heart. And so, God provided a way out for Noah, his family, and the animals.
What really strikes me about the story is the first verse of chapter 8. The earth had been flooded for 150 days and then, as we read, “…God remembered Noah.”
Those words are so amazing. “God remembered Noah.” Imagine being Noah or part of his family. Stuck on an ark for days, weeks, months with loud, stinky animals. I’m sure there were days when Noah and the family wondered “when is this whole flood thing going to be over.” And, they probably wondered if God was still aware of them. I get antsy being in a car for more than 3 hours. I can’t imagine being on an ark with the smelly animals and my smelly family (I don’t think this was a cruise ship with luxury bathing facilities) for 10 days, let alone the amount of time Noah’s family spent together.
“But, God remembered Noah.” This is an amazing statement for me. Why? Because it reminds me that God remembers me too. In the midst of struggles, in the midst of joy, God remembers me. God remembers you.
I believe that’s what I’m going to meditate on today…the fact that God remembers me.
amen. i know that that i have certainly hoped that God would remember me
Comment by david — June 16, 2007 @ 9:00 pm