Psalm 115:12

Psalm 115:12

The Lord remembers us

There is one foundation stone of our faith than none of us should ever forget - the Lord remembers us and will bless us. Israel thought that they were forgotten when they were slaves in Egypt, until the Lord sent Moses and delivered them. They definitely felt forgotten when they wandered in the wilderness for 40 years and then, as promised, He remembered them and brought them into the Promised Land. They felt forgotten when the Assyrians invaded the northern tribes and obliterated them. Nothing has been heard of them since, but I often wonder if, one day, they will be rediscovered! Judah felt forgotten when the Babylonians carried most of the tribe off to Mesopotamia, but the Lord had a plan for restoration.  Those Jews who were dispersed by the Roman Empire and who fled to the four corners of the earth must have felt that their identity as a nation and their occupation of the land of Israel was finished forever, but 1948 tells us that this was not so, “The Lord remember us and will bless us; He will bless His people Israel, He will bless the house of Aaron.” 

There will be times, in our life’s journey as believers, when we feel that the Lord has distanced Himself, even, maybe, forgotten us. These are times of sorrow, indifference and emptiness, when we start to wonder what it was all about, those heady experiences, the happy laughter and the fellowship with others of like mind. Sometimes, God our Father has to allow us to walk through the valley of the shadow of darkness, that is where we learn dependence, that is where we make life-changing decisions, that is where we are remembered! Hallelujah! 

 

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