remember

One concept that has been on my heart a lot is simply this:

REMEMBER

This is not a terrific act of Faith that God is calling us to … just a simple one. To remember where we came from and what He has done for us.

The enemy will oppose this. And we must oppose him opposing us.

Deuteronomy 8 ¹⁶ He gave you manna to eat in the wilderness, something your ancestors had never known, to humble and test you so that in the end it might go well with you. ¹⁷ You may say to yourself, “My power and the strength of my hands have produced this wealth for me.” ¹⁸ But remember the Lord your God, for it is he who gives you the ability to produce wealth, and so confirms his covenant, which he swore to your ancestors, as it is today.

This is important for all of us. You see, there are many in our society who would oppose the wealthy. This idea is unamerican, and it flies in the face of God. God holds all of us accountable. He tells all of us to come under, and worship, Him alone. And one way we do that is to REMEMBER.

He brought the Hebrew people out of slavery.

He defeated an enemy that wanted to slaughter them.

And He freed them to go to the promised land.

And so it is with you. He has freed you. He has single handedly defeated your enemies. And, as you sit here reading this, He is preparing a place for you.

So when the enemy attacks you and reminds you of your failures, pull out your journal and remind yourself of how many times you have been spared, or forgiven, or rescued, or given something that you did not deserve.

REMEMBER

When you are in a place without hope, ask Him. As the verse above says:

the Lord your God … gives you the ability to produce wealth … which he swore to your ancestors … as it is today.

REMEMBER

And if you are in a place of much, the verse says:

He gave you manna … to humble and test you so that in the end it might go well with you.

REMEMBER

We are called to be humble and remember who blessed us and to give God the glory in all things.

The bottom line is this:

He owns the cattle on a thousand hills …

And he has adopted you so that you might inherit the kingdom.

This is wealth that you can not comprehend or fathom.

So raise your hands and praise the Father … who provides for all things!

And as an act of worship:

REMEMBER

In The Name of the Father and the

Son and the Holy Spirit. Amen.

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Somewhere between killing a giant and allowing his men to go to war without him, David lost his desire to bow down and worship God.

It was a slow fade.

It didn’t happen overnight.

And it probably happened with a subtlety that couldn’t be noticed by anyone in human flesh.

And so it happened.

2 Samuel 11 ² One evening David got up from his bed and walked around on the roof of the palace. From the roof he saw a woman bathing. The woman was very beautiful, ³ and David sent someone to find out about her.

“And David sent someone to find out about her” …

Finding out about a person in the wrong context is a recipe for disaster. What we need to do is find out about God. And David knew this. In his quiet times watching over sheep he was slowly trained by God to take down a Philistine giant. And he did. In front of everyone, he stood with the head of a great warrior and sent evil packing. The Hebrew army absolutely decimated the Philistines in reaction to the actions of one man.

But it slowly decayed to David shifting his worship to something else.

Himself.

And, as all of us find out when we truly look in the mirror, we are short of the ten trillion dollar payment that is necessary to even pay the lawyer’s retainer to defend us before the accuser of the brethren.

2 Samuel 12 ¹ The Lord sent Nathan to David……” ⁵ David burned with anger…”As surely as the Lord lives, the man who did this deserves to die!

David decayed to a place where EVEN DAVID wanted to bring justice to himself.

But isn’t that just it?

Romans 3 verse 23 reminds us that we are ALL GUILTY, that God could not find even one worthy of righteousness. A colossal failure of all man that requires a Savior.

And so He came.

And He came to destroy all that we had built.

And He did.

So today … remind yourself of this.

Because without Jesus—we have NOTHING.

NOTHING.

And we would do well to remind ourselves of this—every day.

Because without it, we are a victorious king standing on a porch in the wrong place looking at something that we have no business putting our eyes on….

So RELIGHT YOUR FIRE. Remember who you are in your BC days.

It’s an ugly picture.

RELIGHT YOUR FIRE

As I sat in reflection and worship today, I was reminded of this song. To cry out to God, and to truly mean it, is our only connection to Him. To be able to cry out to Jesus and to say “I can’t do this” is not only okay … it is necessary. He is the only one that can help us.

RELIGHT YOUR FIRE

In The Name of the Father and the

Son and the Holy Spirit. Amen.

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2 MINUTE WARNING

WITH DOUG JOHNSON

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