Where was God in the Flood?

I may sound like a broken record — but I just can’t stop praying, believing, and asking “God, where were You?”

It’s the question we’re all asking right now.

Where was God when the floodwaters rose and swept away so many hopes, dreams, and beautiful young lives?

Could God have stopped it? Of course.
Could He have preserved every single life? Absolutely.
Did He have the power to part waters, wake campers, send angels? Without a doubt.

And yet… He didn’t. Not in the way we prayed. Not in the way we hoped. So we ask, “Why?”

The truth is, we’re not the first to ask.
Paul said it best in 1 Corinthians 13:12: “Now we see through a glass, darkly…”
In other words — we see shadows. He sees the whole picture.

We wonder why God didn’t stop this storm. But don’t forget — He didn’t stop the nails either.

Jesus could have called down twelve legions of angels to prevent His crucifixion… but He didn’t.
Not because He couldn’t — but because there was a deeper purpose unfolding. One we wouldn’t understand until the empty tomb.

This flood didn’t catch God off guard. He saw it coming. He was already on the scene — in the chaos, in the courage, in the quiet miracles.

He was there — and is there — because that’s who He is: Emmanuel… God with us.

We don’t have the answers. But we do have a Savior who still speaks, a Gospel that still saves, and a Kingdom that cannot be shaken.

Romans 8:28 doesn’t say all things are good — but it says God works all things FOR GOOD. Even floods. Even grief. Even the unbearable.

So where was God in the flood?

He was in every rescue.
He was in every tear.
He is in every broken heart — holding, healing, redeeming.
He was grieving with us, carrying us, redeeming what we cannot yet understand.

And He’s not done yet.