It's A Fast Paced World With Fast Paced People

"By the first day of the first month of Noah’s six hundred and first year, the water had dried up from the earth. Noah then removed the covering from the ark and saw that the surface of the ground was dry. By the twenty-seventh day of the second month the earth was completely dry. Then God said to Noah, “Come out of the ark, you and your wife and your sons and their wives." Genesis 8:13‭-‬16 NIV

     Imagine, yourself on the ark with Noah & his family and all of the animals. No windows are open because of the rain. No fresh air,  no bathroom or showers, and a whole lot of STINK. Need I say more?
Noah and his family were trapped inside a ship for approximately 370 days. I can imagine how anxious they were to get off the ark. I'm sure they would have had arguments with each other. They were probably very irritable and cranky. At least I know I would have been.

     These verses tell us that the land had dried up and then Noah removed the covering of the ark and he saw that the land was dry. Wooohoo! I would have jumped ship & immediately headed to the nearest Holiday Inn in search of a shower. But he didn't.  All joking aside, Noah waited. He waited for God's directions. What would have happened if he didn't wait on the Lord? The bible doesn't say but we can imagine that if Noah had jumped ship to early (which is what I would have done) maybe he would have sunk into some quick sand or something similar.  Maybe something far worse would have happened. If Noah and his family would have died who would have populated the earth? After all they were the only humans left on earth.

     We can go through a whole long list of what if's, but the truth is that Noah waited on God. He waited for God to tell him what his next steps were to be and when. All too often in life we get too anxious and start making plans. In this day and age, life is about conveniences. We have fast food, information at our fingertips that can be instantly accessible in a single click on our smart phones or computers. Everything we do is fast paced and there is a huge market for everything to be done as fast as possible.  IT'S A  FAST PACED WORLD WITH FAST PACED PEOPLE.

     When we get anxious,  we make mistakes.  When we put the "cart before the horse" so to speak we are putting our desires, wants, & needs before God. We don't take the time to see His guidance and more times than not we end up making a huge mess of things. We become more unhappy with the situation than we were in the first place and we become more and more uncontent in life, never satisfied. The good news is that God knows us better than we know ourselves. He knows what we need and what we don't need. He knows what will make us happy and content. We just need to be patient and wait on the Lord.

     Father, thank you so very much for who You are. Thank you for loving us so much that You are always looking out for our best interests.  Lord please help us to be patient and wait like Noah did. To rely on You for directions and guidance.  Help  us to remember that You are in control and that we don't need to get in Your way. In Jesus name, amen.