DO NOT FORGET
21st Sep 2016
Joshua, Moses’ right hand aid, was told by God, “not to forget” rather remember what God had done, what he had seen, what he had experienced. He was told to meditate, to actively remember all the wonderful things he had seen in his own and Moses’ lifetime. You and I are responsible for the revelation of God we have received, and we need to heed these words “Do not forget.”
Do you remember your salvation experience? Receiving forgiveness and peace? Do you remember receiving God’s Holy Spirit, after longing to know His power and resources? Do you still value His gift of tongues, prophecy and other gifts of the Spirit? What about the times you received mercy and grace, when you would have condemned yourself and given up on ever being able to change?
These are all revelation points, and you will have many moments when you met with the Lord over a specific issue and He showed you fresh revelation. What about the times when in reading His Word light suddenly dawned and your responded, “I was blind, but now I see!”
“Do not forget” is our challenge from Father God - practice all that you have been made aware of and tell it to the next generation. Deuteronomy 4:9 in The Message says, “Don’t forget anything of what you’ve seen. Don’t let your heart wander off. Stay vigilant as long as you live. Teach what you’ve seen and heard to your children and grandchildren.”
After Joshua had led the Israelites across the Jordan River into the promised land, he was told to set up an altar made of stones taken from the river bed. In times to come if people asked, “What do these stones mean?” those who knew the story were to tell how God had delivered a nation from the clutches of their enemy. (Joshua 4:6-7)
Some years ago, I read this scripture and felt the Holy Spirit asking me to identify my stones, twelve points of significant revelation, which became a book, “What do these stones mean?” I do not want to forget, but rather pass it on to the next generation.
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by Joyce Sibthorpe
