Do Not Forget

But they soon forgot what he had done and did not wait for his counsel. ~ Psalm 106:13

I have notes on my bathroom mirror & in my journal, all to remind me of the great things—the miracles—the Lord has done on my behalf.  All of these reminders and still I worry, still I wonder how it will all turn out.  How can it be that I can know the awesomeness of His power and might and still wonder about making health insurance premiums or buying diapers or other things that I worry about, but God does not?  And God does not worry, because everything belongs to him, from the depths of the earth to the mountain tops, (see Psalm 95:4).  And I have seen His great and mighty power, so why do I worry?

The answer is painful: Because I have forgotten, ignored, and put out of my mind all of the things He has already done for me.  Just like the Israelites forgot all that God had done for them in Egypt and at the Red Sea, still they turned away.  The sad part is they didn’t look at it as turning away.  They just saw themselves as moving steadily along, as they always had.  But in the end, it became disaster for them.

Lord, I don’t want my foolishness or my need for answers now—before you are ready to reveal them—to be the reason for my missing the things you want to do in my life.  Father, I pray that you would not let me run ahead of what you are trying to show me and accomplish in my life.  Help me to always remember the miracles, especially as I look at my daughter, and even as I realize that my husband and I have made it this far together and now with her.  Thank you for all the things you have already done and still have to do.  I pray that I would always remember that even when I can’t see how You will get it done, that it is not for me to worry about, but it is for me to trust in You to do it.

This is an easy thing in the eyes of the Lord. ~ 2 Kings 3:18