April 2012 Issue

                                                       REMEMBERING GOD

Remembering God is giving thanks and praises to God. Remembering God for who He is will grant one an entrance into His gate and accessing into His court. 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 gain an entrance into His court. Psalm 100:4, “Enter into His gate with thinks giving, And into His courts with praise. Be thankful to Him, and bless His name. For the LORD is good; His mercy is everlasting, And is truth endures to all generations.” Are you praising Him with understanding? There have 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, “God is the King of all earth; Sing praises with understanding.” Remembering Him should not be limited only to the time of need; it should be a consistent engagement at every given place by privilege that is in place through His grace. Psalm 105, “Oh give thanks to the LORD! Call upon His name: Make known His deeds among the people.” Those that know how to remember Him in thanks giving will know how to receive from Him with praise. God will respond when you pray but to remember to thank and praise will add perfection to what He gives. It is impossible to remember Him and not be lightened up with joy from inside to outside. When one remembers Him one will glory in His name because His name is glorious in holiness and fearful in praises. When one remembers God seeking and finding Him becomes undeniable. When God is remembered it is impossible to miss in the journey of life because one cannot remember Him and not meditate on His works of old that will guide in the of journey of life today. Remembering God is trusting in God and trusting in Him is what will keep one standing and not falling where tens, hundreds, and thousands are falling. Psalm 20:7-8, “Some trust in chariots, and some in horses; but we will remember the name of the LORD our God. They have bowed down and fallen; but we have risen and stand upright.” 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 not to forget Him for all that 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 remind Him concerning the works of His hand. “Then 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.” (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 it is an indication that God moves at His own pace and His timing is 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 for you to maintain trust and know that He has not forgotten you? The children of Israel were in bondage for over four hundred years. Salvation was not activated for the children of Israel 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. In bareness Sarah was going to Shiloh yearly with her husband and Peninnah and she had nothing to show for it until she encountered favor when Eli the priest prayed the prayer of favor for Sarah. “So it came to pass in the process of time that Hannah conceived and bore a son, and called his name Samuel saying, “Because I have asked for him from the LORD.” (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.
 
FAITH CAPSULE:
God is a God of order not blunder. When one reorder what He ordered, one would end up in blunder. If you have been waiting on God for long it will not be long for Him to remember you.