"And God Remembered"

And God Remembered . . .

Noah was heading into the storm of his life. By faith, he had built an ark. But now it was time to enter into this vessel of the unknown. Judgement was imminent, but “God remembered Noah.”

Abraham stood, beholding the Lord’s judgement on Sodom and Gomorrah after he had besought the Lord’s mercy for the people of those cities. And just before God rained fire down from heaven, He “remembered Abraham,” sparing Lot’s life as Abraham had prayed.

Rachel sat in barrenness for years while her sister gave birth to child after child. She watched Leah boast of her blessedness while she sat in a tent of reproach. But “God remembered Rachel,” giving her a son, Joseph, whose name means “Jehovah has added.”

Hannah wept bitterly as her adversary tormented her about her barrenness year after year. In her broken worship, “the LORD remembered her.”

When facing the reality of living in a sin-cursed world, our uncertainties, brokenness, and longings often leave us feeling like God has forgotten us. Logically, we know He hasn’t, but facts and feelings are not always friends. And God, who created our emotions, understands that sometimes we sit with questions that leave us weeping into the night.

Noah, no doubt, had questions. Why hadn’t anyone repented as he preached righteousness? How could his neighbors continue to mock as animals began to willingly board his ark? Could they not see judgement was coming?

Abraham had loved Lot like a son, but when it came time to part ways, Lot chose a completely different path from what Abraham had instilled in him. Certainly, Abraham’s heart broke and beckoned questions of “why?”

Rachel and Hannah longed for an open womb. Hannah even prayed that the Lord would not forget her. Naturally, as months and then years went by, these women wrestled with feelings of forgottenness and questions of God’s faithfulness.

So often, we find ourselves in the same mindset. We feel unseen and unheard, like our prayers are bouncing off a glass ceiling back into our weary hands. But God’s stillness is not evidence of neglect or forgetfulness. So take hope in knowing that God has not forgotten you in your longing. Your struggle hasn’t gone unnoticed. He isn’t sitting on the Throne absent minded. He knows. And He remembers.