The waiting has an end-time.

God took His time. Read the verses carefully. God first sent a wind; the springs of the deep closed; the rain stopped; all the while the waters receded; after 150 days, the ark rested on one of the mountains; 73 days later, the tops of the mountains could be seen. Let’s read the verses:-

“But God remembered Noah and all the wild animals and the livestock that were with him in the ark, and he sent a wind over the earth, and the waters receded. Now the springs of the deep and the floodgates of the heavens had been closed, and the rain had stopped falling from the sky. 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.” (Genesis 8 v 1-5)

God took His time. Inside the ark, Noah’s faith was being tested. God had shut him into the ark, and Noah trusted that, at some point, God would open the door again.

Silence does not equal absence of presence.

Maybe this is where you are right now in the waiting.

God has a diary of events. He operates with precision. The 17^th day of the 7^th month seems planned to me.

Whatever you are waiting for right now is in His diary.

The moment will come: the wind of God —the Spirit —will move into your situation, and the landscape will change.

Your waiting will not have been wasted. The waters will recede. Things will get better. The mountains will appear again. For the God who remembers Noah will also not forget you.