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You are not forgotten! | An Isaiah 49:15 Devotional

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“Oh that I were as in months past, as in the days when God preserved me;” Job 29:2

Have you ever experienced these same thoughts that Job expressed?  Have difficult times ever made you look back to times when you felt everything in your world was right?  When adversity strikes and we deal with things we do not understand, I am sure many of us like Job take our mind’s eye to those past days when trouble wasn’t knocking on our door.

The difficulty of the days he was presently in caused Job to look at those previous times as times of favor, saying, that’s when “God preserved me”.  But now, his expressions tell a different story of what his feelings are feeling.  His troubles caused him to think that just because he was going through adversity, God was not as presently with him as before.

Little did Job know, and many times we need to be reminded, that just as God was with us in the good times, so too is He with us in the troubling times.  It may look different than we are used to seeing it, and it may feel different, but just because we don’t understand and may question it, it doesn’t negate the fact that God is presently near, watching, and keeping His people.

Jesus taught, “Are not five sparrows sold for two copper coins? And not one of them is forgotten before God.  But the very hairs of your head are all numbered.  Do not fear therefore; you are of more value than many sparrows” (Luke 12:6-7). 

A bird sold is not forgotten before God, and neither was Job, and neither are you.  Our value before God is so precious and more than we could ever imagine.  The clouds that come during those dark days may try to hide that fact, but the truth of God’s Word is a fact, that no matter how we feel or how hard it may seem, God is still there for us.  Even if you are dealing with hurtful situations and even if you feel like you have been wronged, God’s loving eyes see and His precious hands are working behind the scenes, holding you, loving on you, and valuing you when others may not.

Difficult times are difficult because they are not easy.  During these times, see Him with eyes of faith.  See that He is still with you and that you have not been left in this alone (Hebrews 13:5).  Take your cares, your disappointments, your hurts, and your discouragements to God in prayer.  He is there listening.  And trust me, He does care.

Just because it hurts it does not mean He’s not feeling what you are feeling (Hebrews 4:15).  And just because we can’t figure out all this stuff, God knows the end from the beginning (Isaiah 46:10), and we must trust Him with it, and with all the times in between.

God is here for you today, God is here.  Regardless of what you feel or are going through, you are not forgotten.

“Can a woman forget her sucking child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? yea, they may forget, yet will I not forget thee.” Isaiah 49:15

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Thy mercy, O Lord, is in the heavens!

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“Thy mercy, O Lord, is in the heavens; and thy faithfulness reacheth unto the clouds.” Psalm 36:5

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Remember What the LORD Thy God Did!

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“If thou shalt say in thine heart, These nations are more than I; how can I dispossess them?  Thou shalt not be afraid of them: but shalt well remember what the Lord thy God did unto Pharaoh, and unto all Egypt;” Deuteronomy 7:17-18

Is there something overwhelming before you?  Are there new boundaries that you are looking to breach?  Has fear caused you to miss out on the best that God has for you?

The children of Israel could have answered yes to all these questions.  Forty years prior, they had a chance to enter the Promised Land.  They had a chance to possess everything the Lord had in store for them. But they missed out.

A bad report from some unbelieving spies rendered the people’s resolve for the fight useless (Numbers 13:32).  What they saw as an overwhelming obstacle and what they believed in their heart about themselves (Numbers 13:33) not only affected them, but their negativity spread throughout the entire camp (Numbers 14:1-3).

Because of this, they were made to turn away from what could have been, and they were forced to return to the wilderness of what was.

Approaching the verses above, they now are being prepared, forty years later, to take another shot at their promise.  Moses, in reiterating all the commands of God before they enter, is also teaching them how to overcome any doubts and fears they may have about possessing their promise.

Their fathers couldn’t enter because of unbelief (Hebrews 4:1-3), but Moses wanted this generation to make it.  He wanted them to gain everything God has for them.

They couldn’t do that if they didn’t remember.  Remember who was on their side (Psalm 118:6).  Remember who it was that was fighting for them (Deuteronomy 3:22).

Moses instructs them, when they cross over and when what’s before them seems to be too much for them – when they cross over and that whisper of fear begins to speak, he tells them to remember.  Remember what God has already done and draw strength from those victories.

We may not be trying to dispossess nations to obtain a Promised Land, but in trying to progress or move forward into our own promises, we can let fear stop us.  When we look across the borders of what can be, sometimes it seems daunting.  Overwhelming.  Down-right impossible.

In those times, we would do well to follow Moses’ advice: remember.  Remember what God has already done.

You have your own testimonies of God’s faithfulness and workings in your own life.  You have areas where His help stood out because of the circumstance you were facing.  You have those moments when He spoke to your heart during desperate times, showed you His love, or ushered a victory in for you.

Remember those moving’s of God’s might in your life.  Draw strength from His faithfulness and go and possess your promise.

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