How Can We Forget?

Scripture Judges 8:34 Thus the children of Israel did not remember the LORD their God, who had delivered them from the hands of all their enemies on every side;

Observation: I look at the Israelites and can’t believe how soon they can forget all that God has done for them. At times I wish God would have just destroyed these people as He destroyed the pagan nations around them. God continues to be there for them when they cry out and then some time passes and they go back to worshipping other idols. As I get mad at them and then think of my own life I see how I fall into the same state of mind. At one moment I’m praising God for what He is doing in my life and that a short time passes and I’m filled with anxiety when another challenge comes to me forgetting how God delivered me before. I think of my belongings, my feeling, my position instead of focusing on my Lord that gives me all these things and more.

Application: Before I turn away from God whether in anxiety or my own personal desires I need each day to think of all He has done and who He is. He is my Master and my King and His desires come before me. He should be my focus each day and I need to live my life with Him at the center of it. My life belongs to Him and all that I have and am is only because He desires it. If I had my way I would have been dead about 25 years ago and burning in Hell where I belong, but He bought me with a price and owns me and there is nowhere else I rather be.

Prayer: My Lord thank you for not giving up on me and seeing something worthwhile in this lowly servant. Thank you for your mercy and grace and using something I thought was useless. May I never forget all you have done for me and all that you desire to be done with this life that you spared. I love you Lord, use me to bear fruit in your name.