Gen 8:1 And God remembered Noah, and every living thing, and all the cattle that was with him in the ark.
Several questions come to mind when I consider the scripture above. Questions like, did God forget Noah? What occupied God’s mind in the place of Noah, his family and all the animals that were in the ark with him?
I mean think about it for a minute, Noah, his family members and all that was in the ark were all that was on planet earth. There were just eight people on earth, Noah, his wife, his 3 sons and his 3 daughter-in-laws. Even I will not have a problem remembering just 8 people! Every other person on planet earth had died in the flood. All the land animals that were on earth were with Noah in the ark. God’s entire creation was riding in the ark and God choose to forget them? All God’s investment and the future of all his creation was riding on the ark and God forget them?
Imagine you were Noah for a minute. You were riding a flood that has killed almost everyone you know and it seems that God whose words brought the flood has abandoned you. I have found out that storms and floods do not come to our lives until the word of God comes! Every trouble we are forced to endure comes as a result of seeking to obey God’s word or to fight a promise God gave to us.
Have you noticed how hard it gets at the point you choose to obey God or God gives you a vision? Peter never had a problem until Jesus told him to walk on water. The disciples encountered a storm when Jesus sent them to the other side. Paul was well liked by the Pharisees until he met Jesus and had his life changed.
Satan will fight God’s vision in your life; he wants to take you out before you have had a chance to live out your dream. He sort to kill Moses on the birthing stools and to kill Jesus as a baby. Do you feel like God has forgotten you in your trails? Then this message is for you!
I have found out that it was not that God forgot Noah but whenever the bible talks about the Lord remembering a man, it means that God intends to intervene in his situation. It means that God is about to act on that situation. He is about to bring a turnaround in the circumstance!
In Egypt, God remembered his covenant with Abraham and sent Moses to bring his people out. He remembered Rachel and turned her barrenness. He remembered Hannah and gave her Samuel.
God says even though a mother may forget a nursing child he will not forget us. He says we are engraved in the palms of His hands but a time comes when he uniquely remembers us, A season when He decides to favour and to met us at the point of our greatest need.
When the Almighty God remembers you, with that one thought your life will not remain the same. May God remember your labour of love! May He remember all your tithes and offerings!
I will end this with a simple expression of my great desire, May God remember you!
Michael
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