If you are feeling a little forgotten by God, thank God you’re wrong! The story of God remembering Noah’s family in the ark is an eternal reminder that God will remember you, too. And like Noah’s family, God will fulfill every single one of his promises to you at the proper time!

The Journey // Focus: Genesis 8:1, 20-21

“But God remembered Noah…Then Noah built an altar to the Lord, and there he sacrificed…And the Lord was pleased with the aroma of Noah’s sacrifice.”

“But God remembered Noah…” And God remembers you, too! He never forgets his people. They are always before him, and his work on their behalf, while unseen, is unceasing.

I’m sure at times during Noah’s months of darkness and dankness in the Ark, he and his family wondered if God had shut them up in the ship and then shut them out of his memory as he got on to his many other duties of managing the universe. But God is faithful—he just can’t help himself. Fundamental to whom he is, God remembers the work of his hand, and he is faithful to finish the task at hand.

Isaiah 49:15-16 reminds us, “Can a mother forget the baby at her breast and have no compassion on the child she has borne? Though she may forget, I will not forget you! See, I have engraved you on the palms of my hands; your walls are ever before me.”

God can’t forget!

If you are reading these words today and feeling a little forgotten by God, thank God you’re wrong! Genesis 8:1 is an eternal reminder that God will remember you, too, and will fulfill every single one of his promises to you at the proper time! Psalm 138:8 promises, “God will perfect everything that concerns you.”

So trust! And as an act of trust, do what Noah did (Genesis 8:20) in response: build an altar of remembrance to the faithfulness of God. Whatever that altar looks like for you, erect a reminder in your life of the unceasing work of the unseen God on your behalf.

And like he was with Noah, I am quite sure God will be pleased with your act of trust as well.