REMEMBER
10th Jul 2013
Remembering can have both positive and negative connotations. When you are feeling down or isolated, perhaps a bit disappointed with life and people, the enemy will cause you to remember every slight, every failure, every inadequacy of friends and family. All the things people have NOT done that you expected them to do.
The devil has purpose behind this strategy, it is designed to cause you to become isolated, to break trust, to take offence and ultimately to doubt God. So beat him at his own game by remembering all the good things done for you, not only by God, but by your family and friends. Be thankful - re-focus!
King David had plenty to remember in the negative realm - friends forsook him; he was the target for Saul’s hate campaign. He feared for his life and yet instead of blame he remembered all that God had done for him which brought him out of the dumps into neutral, (Read Psalm 18) then he remembered some more and began to praise God. (Read Psalm 63) Remembering will lift your spirits.
Then, if you are able - give into the area where you ‘feel’ lack. It’s amazing how often as you do this your personal needs will be met. You may be saying - No one ever writes or emails me - then write to someone. No one visits me - visit someone and encourage them. No one invites me out - invite someone in. Proverbs 11:25 says, “He who refreshes other will himself be refreshed.”
Thankfully, God himself chooses NOT to remember all the negative things about us. Psalm 130:3 says, “If you, O Lord, kept a record of sins, O Lord, who could stand?” However, He remembers our prayers, our faith, our works prompted by love and be assured that, “He who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ.” (Philippians 1:6)
Make today a day of good memories.
by Joyce Sibthorpe
