Good Morning Friends,
"They forgot the LORD their God; so he
sold them into the hand of Sisera, the commander of the army of Hazor, and into
the hands of the Philistines and the king of Moab, who fought against them. They
cried out to the LORD and said, 'We have sinned; we have forsaken the LORD and
served the Baals and the Ashtoreths. Deliver us from the hands of our enemies,
and we will serve you.' The LORD sent Jerub-Baal, Barak, Jephthah and Samuel,
and he delivered you from the hands of your enemies on every side.” (1 Samuel
12:9-11)
Samuel stood before the people and gave them a
brief history lesson. He recounted for them just a few times that God had rescued
them. He mentioned several of the men God had raised up to lead them in
defeating their enemies. Samuel’s history lesson was a reminder to Israel of the
work of the Lord among them. When they cried out to God, He came to rescue
them. As long as they followed the Lord, they lived in peace and security in
their land.
The reason Samuel recounted this history was
that Israel’s memory was short. They easily forgot how God had worked among
them and turned their backs on God. The story of Israel is the story of a
people who forgot God. When they were in great distress they would remember Him
and cry to Him for help and He would respond with help. Soon they forgot Him
again. They seemed incapable of keeping their eyes on the Lord when they were
living in peace. Trouble was required for them to turn to the Lord.
There is a history of God working in your life,
too. God has shown compassion and power in your life multiple times. He has in
each of our lives. It is good to remember how God has acted in the past so that
you do not forget Him in the present!
Is your history similar to Israel’s? Are you
guilty of forgetting the Lord in times of peace and crying out to Him only in
times of distress?
Remember the Lord – in times of distress and in
times of peace.
His, by Grace, Steve
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