Genesis
8 – Noah’s Deliverance
yesterday
we looked at Noah’s first 4 ½ months in the Ark. All the people and animals are now bedded
down and have their own space. Then God
made the winds to blow and the waters began to subside. God stopped the rains. At the end of the 150 days the waters
decreased. On the 17th day of the 7th. month the ark
rested on Mount Ararat. Yet they could
not leave the ark because even though they were parked, there was water all
around them. It wasn’t until the first day of the 10th month that
the tops of other mountains were seen.
Forty days after that, Noah opened the window and sent out a raven who
flew around until he found dry ground. He
also sent out a dove but the dove could not find a place to set down, so she
returned to the ark. Seven days later he
sent the dove out again. This time the
dove returned with an olive leaf in her mouth. So, he waited another seven days
and sent the dove again and the dove never returned. So, on the first day of 601 bc. Noah removed the covering of the ark and saw
dry ground. On the 27th. day of
the second month the earth was dried. Noah, his family and all the animals left
the ark and offered burnt offerings to the Lord of every clean animal. The Lord
smelled the aroma and promised never to curse the ground or destroy every
living thing as He did then.
Here
we are today in a place where God has put us.
We, like Noah are waiting out our time here on earth. Like Noah, we must practice patience and wait
on the Lord to decide on what is next for us.
For some they are satisfied with their earthly home. For others they are waiting to see their
heavenly home. I am sure when Noah sent
out the Raven he was hoping it was time to leave the ark. But God had other plans and made them wait
until God showed them it was safe to leave.
Like Noah, we try to speed up God’s plan for us just to find out it
won’t always work the way we hope and prayed it would. More time and patience are needed. In the end we will see God’s plan is the best
plan.
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