The water receded
steadily from the earth. At the end of the hundred and fifty days the water had
gone down, and on the seventeenth day of the seventh month the ark came to rest
on the mountains of Ararat. The waters continued to recede until the tenth
month, and on the first day of the tenth month the tops of the mountains became
visible.
The text above comes from the story of Noah, who built,
manned, and populated a ship with two of every animal on the earth and then
witnessed as the Lord flooded the entire earth, killing everything that was not
on that boat. Essentially, the Lord hit the reset button…in a mighty way! What
struck me from the text above was the time that it took from start to finish.
It was not a quick process. Noah and his family had to be very patient for the Lord
to complete his work…and not patient in a comfortable, calm, safe environment.
But rather patient aboard a massive ship that was full of foul smelling animals
and likely rocked nauseatingly day and night in the ocean of water that had
overcome the land. That would take incredible patience! Heck, here in Texas, if
it rains for more than a week straight, we start crawling the walls with cabin
fever! Imagine 100+ straight days! The thing about God is that he operates in
his own time…he does things according to what he believes is best. And it IS
best…it is absolutely without flaw or mistake. He never gets the timing off or
goofs on one of the steps. We can trust that his response is perfectly timed
and perfectly sufficient for what we need. It may take great patience on our
part…we may have to endure storms for days and be in considerable discomfort,
but we can trust that God is most certainly working. With each day, whether
rain or shine, may we patiently wait on the Lord, trusting that he is working
for good in our lives and will provide all that we need. To God alone be the
glory!
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