Waiting for Rain

Do you ever anticipate something happening and it never seems to? In Genesis 7:1 "Then the LORD said to Noah, "Go into the ark, you and all your household." Noah obeyed got and went on board. Then nothing. I mean nothing. It isn't until verse 10 that we read "And after seven days, the waters of the flood came up on the earth."

So what was that week like for Noah. Did his wife, sons, and daughters-in-law begin to talk quietly among the stalls? Did they give Noah strange looks while glancing up at the dry sky? Did Noah wonder to himself "how long am I supposed to wait here?"

Noah didn't know that it was going to be a week before the flood. All he knew was to get on the boat. Many times we send up a prayer to God and he tells us to wait and we want to know "how long?" So often we simply don't know how we are going to have to wait.

But knowing the "when" wasn't as important as trusting in the "who" - that is Yahweh. If you are anxiously awaiting something to happen or a prayer to be answered. If you know Jesus then you know the Father has heard and will answer in His time. And isn't that better than our time anyway?

Pastor Tom