God remembered both Noah and the animals. We often think that God has forgotten about us, but we can always be confident that this is not so. God remembers all the promises He has made to us, and He will keep those promises. This should be a source of great encouragement to us.
The waters started to recede, though very slowly. Noah sent out various birds to see if dry land had appeared yet. Eventually it did. We too can be like this, trying various tests to see if God has answered our prayers, and receiving gradual confirmation that the answer is on its way.
Noah did not come out until God told him to do so. Why is this? My natural inclination would have been to keep looking out and rush out the minute that I could see that the land was dry. Noah, however, waited until God commanded him. Perhaps he knew now that his life was utterly dependent upon God.
The command to multiply, originally given to Adam and Eve, is repeated. Likewise the blessing given to Abraham was repeated to his descendents.
Noah offered a sacrifice to the Lord. God promises never again to curse the ground in this way. The problem of man’s sin remains, but God promises never to bring a catastrophe of such a scale again. We are not at the mercy of chance.
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