God remembered...
My daughter sent me the following devotional yesterday...as we are planning to attend yet another funeral of "too young of a friend and colleague". And then I decided to look up the main phrase..."God remembered"
his-love and faithfulness, salvation, promises, covenant, redeemer, their weaknesses....
It is not that he goes away and forgets...He is always there, not in our timing, not in "our" plans, not even in our wildest imagination...or the "whys" and "how come"...
he knows our frame, our weaknesses...all of it...and He remembers ....and takes care of things in His time, in His way...
Thank YOU that You remember me, those around me...You are faithful, You keep your promises...You are my Rock...as we journey through this passing life....
Psalm 98:3 He has remembered his love and his faithfulness to Israel; all the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God.
Genesis 19:29 So when God destroyed the cities of the plain, he remembered Abraham, and he brought Lot out of the catastrophe that overthrew the cities where Lot had lived.
Genesis 30:22 Then God remembered Rachel; he listened to her and enabled her to conceive.
Exodus 2:24 God heard their groaning and he remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac and with Jacob.
Psalm 78:35, 39 They remembered that God was their Rock, that God Most High was their Redeemer. He remembered that they were but flesh, a passing breeze that does not return.
"When the Flood Comes
Wendy Pope
Genesis 8:1 (NIV) “But God remembered Noah and all the wild animals and the livestock that were with him in the ark, and he sent a wind over the earth, and the waters receded.”
Christians have many benefits as children of God, but flood-free lives are not one of them. Perhaps this is one of the most difficult things to accept.
Noah spent his life walking with God, yet he and his family faced a horrific storm. As the door of the ark was closed, Noah’s only hope was to trust God through the unknown.
We all have faced unknown storms. The untimely death of a family member. The uncertainty of our health. Unemployment. Just to name a few. But our key verse gives us a certainty for times that are uncertain.
No matter the severity of the storm or how we arrived in its eye, we can trust two simple truths about God and the floods we face: 1) God remembers His plan for us. 2) God remembers His love for us.
A storm doesn’t mean God forgot us. God remembered Noah and gave him instructions to build the ark. It was Noah’s obedience that kept his family safe when the flood rose. In the same way, God directs us, and our safety often requires obedience.
Whether we are currently in a storm or just on the other side of one, we can be certain our storm will end. Isn’t it comforting to know that God will be with us through it all?
Prayer: Lord, these two trustworthy truths are simple. Help me to remember them when the flood comes. As Your Word has strengthened my faith"
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