In Genesis 6:8 it says that Noah received grace. He found grace in God's eyes. So have we. Noah found grace, but he had to apply himself. And as he applied himself, he was producing the very means of his safety during the coming storms. It shows us in Genesis 6:22 that Noah was obedient. But even if he had been obedient, and he was, Genesis 8:1 shows that even when things got at their worst, God was still there with him. Throughout all that he was going through, God was still giving Noah grace. He never left him.
There is hope because if God allows these times to parallel the days of Noah, He will also have things paralleling what He did for Noah. So He gives us that hope. And if we're alert and we pray always, meaning we're always in contact with Him, we pray to Him every day, we ask Him for the faith, we ask Him for the love, we ask Him for the guidance, we ask Him for the correction, we ask Him for whatever gift we need, He will give it so that we can rise to the occasion and glorify Him with our lives.
There is an interesting statement regarding Noah in the midst of one of the most terrifying trials that a human being has ever gone through.
God had not gone anywhere. God was watching over Noah and, it says here, the animals too.
"Remember" is used here not in any way to intimate that God was in any danger of forgetting, but rather is referring to His special attention to those who are His own sons. His eyes were on Noah, His family, and those animals in the ark—constantly; just like we saw in the sermon this morning.
God was there with Israel constantly! He never went off anywhere. He never let His mind wander. In the daytime, He was before them; in the nighttime, either behind them, over them, or whatever. There was always a witness of how close He was.
That is a witness to you and me. It is no different today. He is there! That is what one of His names is: The God who is there! But it is so easy for us to forget, is it not?
