By Marni Montanez
Psalm 77:11-12 Easy-to-Read Version
11. Lord, I remember what you have done. I remember the
amazing things you did long ago.
12. I think about those things. I think about them all the time.
David knew the goodness of God and experienced miracles long before he became king, while he was still a shepherd in the desert. Day after day, through the hardest times of David’s life, God came through with deliverance, comfort, guidance and strengthening. It was because of those many moments, David saw the pattern of God’s faithfulness. By remembering what God had already done for him in the past, David knew he could put his future in God’s hands.
As he faced the storms of life that came at him, he learned to encourage himself in the Lord. He had immersed his heart and mind in God’s truth for so long that when he faced challenges of many kinds; such as, an invading army or betrayal by friends or when he suffered the depths of depression, his mind stirred up the memories that redirected him to see God’s ability and willingness to help in times of deepest distress because He had done it so many times.
We need this same discipline where we remember God’s goodness immediately when we face our own darkness. Too many times most of us are hit so hard by an issue, we are caught off guard and the first thing we see is an overwhelming situation. But in remembering God’s amazing heart and how He stands at the ready to help any time we need Him, we remain in faith and encouraged.
The enemy will attack us with lies of defeat so that we drop our sword and run from the battle, but if our minds are already practiced and trust has been rooted in the Lord, then when the time comes, we will see the victory instead of the problem.
Daily God is with us and daily we should be thinking of Him and remembering and thanking Him for all He has done and for what He will do.
God Bless
Marni
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The
purpose of this series is to encourage people to live as loving, compassionate,
and peacemaking children of God: Jesus tells us to pray, "Thy kingdom come, thy
will be done, on earth as it is in heaven." (Matthew 6:10) God tells us through
Micah (6:8), "He has told you, O man, what is good; And what does the Lord
require of you But to do justice, to love kindness, And to walk humbly with your
God." And we know from Revelation 21:4 that there will be no more mourning, or
crying, or pain, or death. Thus, Christian living requires us to set the
standards of these conditions here on earth for our fellow human beings, and for
the other animals, as a witness to the rest of the world. To do otherwise is not
Christian.