we tend to forget…

JESUS said over 2000 years ago in luke 18.1 (jb), you need to pray continually and not lose heart. 

pray continually and lose heart are the two options you have in life.  you will always be doing one or the other.  if you pray continually you will not lose heart, you won’t be discouraged.  if you don't pray continually, you will lose heart.  you will faint.  you will get discouraged by the problems you're facing in your life – family, school, wherever.  you’ve got to keep on praying. 

what do i pray during the delay phases of life?  pray “help me hold on and not give up.”  the bible says, they that wait upon the lord, shall renew their strength.  they shall mount up with wings, as eagles.  they shall run and not be weary.  they shall walk and not faint.  they won’t give up.  they’ll keep on keeping on. 

also during the delay, time causes us to forget many things.  when there is a delay, we tend to forget our dream.  we tend to forget what GOD had done in our life.  we tend to forget GOD’s goodness to us in the past.  we tend to forget that GOD is with us.  we tend to forget GOD’s power.  we tend to forget how important it is that we stay in GOD’s strength and we start focusing on all our problems than on what he has done for us.  the bible says, don’t forget.

this was the fourth mistake that the israelites made out in the wilderness while they were headed to the promise land.  psalm 106.7-8 (tev), 13 (lb) tells us they forgot the many times GOD showed them HIS love, and they rebelled at the red sea.  but HE saved them as HE promised.  but they quickly forgot again!  they wouldn’t wait for GOD to act. 

this says many times.  it’s unbelievable how short their memory was.  in egypt, GOD does ten plagues and the children of israel forget it because a couple days later they’re at the red sea and saying “we’re all going to die!”  they’ve forgotten just what GOD’s done.  GOD does a miracle and opens the red sea.  they walk through to the other side and immediately forget that miracle.  “we’re going to die of thirst!”  GOD provides water miraculously.  they forget that and complain, “we’re going to die – no food!”  they were always forgetting. 

but we should not be too quick to judge them because we do the exact same thing.  when a delay occurs in our lives we start acting like GOD’s never done anything for us.  has GOD done things for you in the past?  sure HE has.  you can count on HIM to do it tomorrow, or the next day...  when you act like, “GOD’s not going to bail me out of this one!”  you’re forgetting all the other times HE’s bailed you out.  some of the times you didn’t even know about it but HE did. 

just a thought from the front porch…