December 2007 Issue

ÒPut Me in remembrance; Let us contend together, state your case, that you may be acquitted.Ó (Isaiah 43:26)< ?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?>

 

 

Remembering Him for who He is will grant an entrance into His gate because remembering Him is giving thanks and praises to God. In approaching God, taking a stop at the gate will not be enough and can never be satisfying without getting into His court. Entering His court requires praising Him. Praising Him should not be a mouth exercise but devotion from the heart. The Psalmist knew what it takes to pass through the gate and enter with praise, Psalm 100:4, ÒEnter into His gate with thinks giving, And into His courts with praise. Be thankful to Him, and bless His name. 5 For the LORD is good; His mercy is everlasting, And is truth endures to all generations.Ó Is your praise constantly with understanding? There has to be meaning and understanding in every route of connecting with God or else it could be a race against the wind. The Psalmist talked about it when he says in Psalm 47:7, ÒGod is the King of all earth; Sing praises with understanding.Ó Remembering God should not be limited only to the time of need, it should be consistent. Those that know how to remember Him in thanksgiving will know how to receive from Him with praise. God will respond when you pray, but to remember to thank Him will bring perfection. It is impossible to remember Him and not be lightened up with joy. When you remember Him, you will glory in His name because His name is glorious in holiness and fearful in praises. When you remember Him, you will seek and find Him. When you remember Him, it is impossible to miss in the journey of life. You cannot remember Him and not meditate on His works of old, which are what guides you in your life. Remembering Him is trusting Him, and trusting Him is what will keep you standing where tens, hundreds, and thousands are falling. Psalm 20:7-8, ÒSome trust in chariots, and some in horses; But we will remember the name of the LORD our God. 8 They have bowed down and fallen; But we have risen and stand upright.Ó Constantly remembering Him will bring constant joy in your heart because He is a covenant-keeping God. God cannot forget to remember His own especially when His own refuses to forget Him for all He has done, for all that He is doing, and all that He will do. He is faithful in His word and He will not fail to remember when we put Him in remembrance. ÒThen God remembered Noah, and every living thing, and all the animals that were with him in the ark. And God Made a wind to pass over the earth, and the waters subsided. Ò (Genesis 8:1) God does not sleep and He will not sleep concerning His children. The fact that He remembered is not a demonstration of a forgetful mind but an indication that God moves at His time, which is always better. God will always remember with favor and visits with salvation. God commanded Noah to build an ark of salvation before the time of the flood, and when it was time for Noah to land on dry land, He remembered Noah and made a way for him on the dry land. Have you ever considered the need to maintain your trust in Him knowing that He has not forgotten you? The children of Israel were in bondage for over four hundred years and they cried and groan for salvation, ÒSo God heard their groaning, and God remembered His covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob. 25 And God looked upon the children of Israel, and God acknowledged them.Ó (Exodus 2: :24-25). Salvation was not activated for them until God remembered them. What do you need for God to remember you? God is able to remember you and dry every tear of lack; He is able to remember in moving you forward from every ground of stagnation. Sarah was going to Shiloh yearly with her husband and Peninnah and she had nothing to show for because she was barren. She had no child until she encountered favor when Eli the priest prayed the prayer of favor for Sarah. ÒSo it came to pass in the process of time that Hannah conceived and bore a son, and called his name Samuel saying, ÕBecause I have asked for him from the LORD.ÕÓ (1 Samuel 1:20) At the process of time God remembered Sarah. If you have been waiting on God for long, it will not be long for Him to remember you because He is a merciful God and no situation is hidden from God. Pray in the name of Jesus and the same God that visited Noah, the children of Israel, and Sarah, will not forget you; He will remember you with favor and He will visit you with salvation.

 

God is a God of order not blunder. When you reorder what He ordered, you would end up in blunder.

When you do not allow the word of God to make a change then world and its work will be in charge over you.

 

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