Genesis 8:13 says, And it came to pass in the six hundredth and first year, in the first month, the first day of the month, the waters were dried up from off the earth: and Noah removed the covering of the ark, and looked, and, behold, the face of the ground was dry.  On the first day of the first month, Noah removed the cover from the ark.  It was a new day of a new year for a new beginning.  When we accept Christ as our Savior and Lord, it is a new beginning for us.  Verse fourteen states, And in the second month, on the seven and twentieth day of the month, was the earth dried.  Noah still had not left the ark a month and twenty-seven days later, I believe because he was still waiting for God to tell him to go.  We may think things look right for us to do something, but until we know that God has told us to do it we must wait.  Verse fifteen declares, And God spake unto Noah, saying,  The word of God came to Noah.  Verse sixteen adds, Go forth of the ark, thou, and thy wife, and thy sons, and thy sons’ wives with thee. Then verse seventeen concludes, Bring forth with thee every living thing that is with thee, of all flesh, both of fowl, and of cattle, and of every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth; that they may breed abundantly in the earth, and be fruitful, and multiply upon the earth.  God had told Noah to build the ark, and he obeyed.  God had told Noah when to gather the animals and his family and get in the ark, and he obeyed.  God now told Noah that it was time to leave the ark with all the animals and his family and to repopulate the earth.  If we are following Christ, we do not reach a point where we just do everything on our own and assume that it is God's will.  Like Noah, we must wait on God's direction even when everything may look perfectly safe to proceed on our own.  Verse eighteen proclaims, And Noah went forth, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons’ wives with him:  Verse nineteen adds, Every beast, every creeping thing, and every fowl, and whatsoever creepeth upon the earth, after their kinds, went forth out of the ark.  Though Noah had waited until God told him to go, once God told him to go, Noah went.  When God tells us to go, there is no longer a need to wait until we feel things are right.  Just as we don't want to get ahead of God, we don't want to lag behind Him either.  Noah obeyed God, and so must we.  Verse twenty states, And Noah builded an altar unto the LORD; and took of every clean beast, and of every clean fowl, and offered burnt offerings on the altar.  Noah built an altar and offered a sacrifice to God of every clean animal and bird.  We must always remember to thank God for all that He does for us, especially for providing for a way of salvation.  Verse twenty-one says, And the LORD smelled a sweet savour; and the LORD said in his heart, I will not again curse the ground any more for man’s sake; for the imagination of man’s heart is evil from his youth; neither will I again smite any more every thing living, as I have done.  When Noah offered the sacrifice, God said He would not curse the ground anymore for the sake of mankind, even though the hearts of people were evil from their youth.  Fortunately, God does not destroy us the first time we sin, but offers us a way to salvation through faith in Christ.  Verse twenty-two concludes, While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease.  God said that as long as the world stands that life would continue as it was created to be.  We still have this promise from God.