don't forget

Today as I was reading in Hebrews God reminded me of something He has been teaching me, Something He wants me to live. In Hebrews 2:1 it says "THEREFORE WE ought to give the more earnest heed to the things which we have heard, lest at any time we should let them slip." too many times God shows us something or does something for us and shortly after we have forgotten it. In the Old Testament when God did something for His people often He would tell them to make an alter so that when their children would see the stones and ask why there was a pile of stones there they could tell them about the incredible thing God had done for them. So many things happened in the Old Testament that I think could have been avoided if God's people would only have remembered. God had just delivered His people from years of slavery and harsh treatment in Egypt, with amazing signs and wonders but at the red sea they complained and asked why they were led out there to die, if instead of looking at the dire situation they had taken a moment to think of how God had worked on their behalf the red sea may not have seemed such a insurmountable obstacle. And then when the spies looked over at the promise land had they remembered how God delivered them from Egypt maybe more than two of them would have had faith that He could do it again. Time and time again scripture tells us something would happen God's people would cry out to Him He would miraculously deliver them and then they would forget, and they would end up in trouble again. Sometimes in my human arrogance I wonder how could they forget, I mean the deliverance from Egypt is incredible to read imagine seeing it first hand and yet if I'm honest with myself I am guilty of the very same thing. Revelation 12:11 says " And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto death." one of the keys to overcoming the devil in our lives is testimony's, it's remembering. When we look back and see all the times God has been faithful, all the times He has done the impossible in our lives, (the piles of stones) it not only allows us to see God's faithfulness, it compels us to say God has been faithful and He will be faithful. Yet so often we are like the nine when Jesus healed the ten lepers one came back to thank Him, nine just ran off to live life free of leprosy. I know I have been guilty of doing what the nine did way too often, sometimes maybe offering a hasty thanks as I run off, instead of stopping and really thanking God for working on my behalf making a memorial of the event something to share with my kids, to remind me of His faithfulness the next time I face a trial or to encourage a brother or sister in Christ facing difficulty. Everyone of Gods children have a testimony, a story of how God has been faithful in their life starting with how God called them to salvation in Christ Jesus and a life worth living. And continuing in all the ways and times God has shown His faithfulness in answered prayer, divine blessings, daily guidance etc. So in my next post Lord willing I plan on sharing my testimony of how God reached out in love and led me to Jesus and how I met the Lover of my Soul. And I want to invite and encourage anyone who reads this to do the same I love to hear the stories of how our great God is working on our behalf