April 30th 2025
God Remembers Noah
Imagine Noah floating in a hand-made ship with animals and loved ones day after day, night after night, uncertain when the whole ordeal would be over. This story is almost too hard to envision, wouldn't you say? "Floods" are common in the human experience and come in many forms but are always disorienting and dark times. Times when we will question God's character and even wonder if He has forgotten about us.
We can be deeply encouraged by the first verse in our reading today: "But God remembered Noah..."
Question:
Where in your life do you need God to show you He remembers and sees you and your situation?
Prayer Focus:
Ask God to show you his character and nature more each day, even in the places you sense darkness and an inability to understand.
Imagine Noah floating in a hand-made ship with animals and loved ones day after day, night after night, uncertain when the whole ordeal would be over. This story is almost too hard to envision, wouldn't you say? "Floods" are common in the human experience and come in many forms but are always disorienting and dark times. Times when we will question God's character and even wonder if He has forgotten about us.
We can be deeply encouraged by the first verse in our reading today: "But God remembered Noah..."
Question:
Where in your life do you need God to show you He remembers and sees you and your situation?
Prayer Focus:
Ask God to show you his character and nature more each day, even in the places you sense darkness and an inability to understand.
Genesis 8:1-12 New Living Translation
But God remembered Noah and all the wild animals and livestock with him in the boat. He sent a wind to blow across the earth, and the floodwaters began to recede. 2 The underground waters stopped flowing, and the torrential rains from the sky were stopped. 3 So the floodwaters gradually receded from the earth. After 150 days, 4 exactly five months from the time the flood began, the boat came to rest on the mountains of Ararat. 5 Two and a half months later, as the waters continued to go down, other mountain peaks became visible.
6 After another forty days, Noah opened the window he had made in the boat 7 and released a raven. The bird flew back and forth until the floodwaters on the earth had dried up. 8 He also released a dove to see if the water had receded and it could find dry ground. 9 But the dove could find no place to land because the water still covered the ground. So it returned to the boat, and Noah held out his hand and drew the dove back inside. 10 After waiting another seven days, Noah released the dove again. 11 This time the dove returned to him in the evening with a fresh olive leaf in its beak. Then Noah knew that the floodwaters were almost gone. 12 He waited another seven days and then released the dove again. This time it did not come back.
But God remembered Noah and all the wild animals and livestock with him in the boat. He sent a wind to blow across the earth, and the floodwaters began to recede. 2 The underground waters stopped flowing, and the torrential rains from the sky were stopped. 3 So the floodwaters gradually receded from the earth. After 150 days, 4 exactly five months from the time the flood began, the boat came to rest on the mountains of Ararat. 5 Two and a half months later, as the waters continued to go down, other mountain peaks became visible.
6 After another forty days, Noah opened the window he had made in the boat 7 and released a raven. The bird flew back and forth until the floodwaters on the earth had dried up. 8 He also released a dove to see if the water had receded and it could find dry ground. 9 But the dove could find no place to land because the water still covered the ground. So it returned to the boat, and Noah held out his hand and drew the dove back inside. 10 After waiting another seven days, Noah released the dove again. 11 This time the dove returned to him in the evening with a fresh olive leaf in its beak. Then Noah knew that the floodwaters were almost gone. 12 He waited another seven days and then released the dove again. This time it did not come back.