Never Forget the Lord

Be careful that you do not forget the Lord your God…

-Deuteronomy 8:11



How easy is it to forget the great things which the Lord has done in our lives? In some cases, all it takes is one new crisis, problem, or tragedy. The tendency is to fall apart and just go to pieces. Somehow we forget that God has always brought us through in times past, and as He did before He will do so again.

It’s easy to forget that, especially in the midst of some new trial we are facing. And if we forget what God has done we can easily begin to rely on our own strength to help us through. And how effective is that? The Bible teaches that our strength will fail us, but God will never fail – and that in spite of whatever we see happening around us. The scripture says in Psalms 28:7, “The Lord is my strength and my shield, my heart trusts in Him, and I am helped. My heart leaps for joy and I will give thanks to Him in song.” Such is the result of remembering what God has done; we are empowered through faith and our hearts sore over the presence of Christ in our lives.

The outcome of whatever we are facing is in God’s hands – as long as we are trusting in Him. The Word of God also says in Proverbs 21:31, “The horse is made ready for the day of battle, but victory rests with the Lord.” We can make plans, we can ready ourselves for the battles and struggles of life, but as the scriptures says, victory rests with the Lord. The ultimate victory is in God’s hands.

May we not forget the victories which the Lord has brought to us in the past. As He has worked, moved, blessed, and brought victory, so He will do again in our time of need. And when that happens we are called to give Him all of the glory. The high call of God in Christ Jesus is to stop relying on our strength and see that help and power, that divine strength, which can only come from the Lord. When we do that we will discover what happens when the Holy Spirit is truly at work in us.