God's remembrance, expressed by the Hebrew zākar, joins an inward act of mind with outward action. When God remembers, He acts. In Genesis 8:1, He remembered Noah and sent a wind to dry the floodwaters, fulfilling His covenant promise of preservation. This was not recovery from forgetting, since God is always mindful of those He has sanctified. Recorded to reassure believers, it shows that the unchanging God will support His church through the coming tribulation. He likewise remembered His covenants with Noah, Abraham, and Israel. The greater marvel is that Noah remembered God, offering thanks upon leaving the ark. Believers must remember to pray, give thanks, serve the brethren, glorify God, and keep the Sabbath holy. Also see sermons and articles about God's Remembrance.
Genesis 8:1 Then God remembered Noah, and every living thing, and all the animals that were with him in the ark. And God made a wind to pass over the earth, and the waters subsided.
Genesis 9:15 and I will remember My covenant which is between Me and you and every living creature of all flesh; the waters shall never again become a flood to destroy all flesh.
Genesis 19:29 And it came to pass, when God destroyed the cities of the plain, that God remembered Abraham, and sent Lot out of the midst of the overthrow, when He overthrew the cities in which Lot had dwelt.
Exodus 6:5 And I have also heard the groaning of the children of Israel whom the Egyptians keep in bondage, and I have remembered My covenant.
Jeremiah 14:21 Do not abhor us, for Your name's sake; Do not disgrace the throne of Your glory. Remember, do not break Your covenant with us.
