Tag: Psalm 118:6

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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No matter what it looks like, God is faithful!

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Our circumstances never matter as much as the faithfulness of our God. Yes, we may not wholly understand the reason and season for tears, but when one takes to heart the providence of God; when one leans back and views the previous encounters of His loving hand at work in their life, the realization that if He worked in such a time as that, then by faith, in this, I can declare too that with God, nothing is impossible, (Luke 1:37).

His working hand may not appear to maneuver things in the same fashion as He did before – but, He’s still here. The disbursement of His blessings may not rain in showers as they did before. Perhaps there is another way He wants to move our hearts into new territories of faith. Perhaps we have cleaved to our preconceived perceptions too long and our good Father wants to show us that no matter what it looks like. No matter how the fight formed may appear, it does not negate His faithful stance for His people.

Our God is the same yesterday, today, and forevermore. And, His holy Word declares there is nothing… there is no thing that shall be able to separate us from His love (Romans 8:35-39).

Circumstances, unsettling things, unknown situations will periodically appear in our lives. And while that is true, we must remember that our God is not a “periodical” God. He doesn’t just show up in times of happenstance. He doesn’t make His rounds to see who or what He wants to attend to and deal with at that moment.

No. But He is forever faithful. Never let what you’re dealing with shatter that wonderful truth: GOD IS FOREVER FAITHFUL! Cleave to Him because, my friend, He is cleaving to you. You are engraved in the palm of His hand (Isaiah 49:16). You are never far from His mind (Psalm 40:5). You are never forgotten (Isaiah 49:15). You are never left on your own (Hebrews 13:5). Your life and future are part of a beautiful plan He has laid out for you (Jeremiah 29:11). Never stop believing in the One who fights for you (Romans 8:31); the One who is on your side (Psalm 118:6).

He was faithful in the yesterdays of life. He will be faithful in the todays of life. And, He will always be faithful in the future of our life (Hebrews 10:23).

“And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.” (Romans 8:28)

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