David had a good handle on applying previous experiences with God’s faithfulness to facing his current challenges. And at 9 ft. tall, Goliath is arguably greater than any challenge I have ever had to face. Before the battle, David told Saul, “The LORD who rescued me from the paw of the lion and the paw of the bear will rescue me from the hand of this Philistine.” I Samuel 17:37. But however big the problem, it’s the same faithful God.
I was going down for the last time when…
I know that Jesus is my Savior,
because of HIs great love and compassion,
because He is faithful,
because His mercies are made new every morning,
because He is good,
because He never fails.
Because of who He is,
I will seek Him,
I will wait for Him,
I will hope in Him,
I will trust Him,
He will come,
He will come and save me.
Lamentations 3:21-26: Yet this I call to mind and therefore I have hope:
Because of the Lord’s great love we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail.
They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness.
I say to myself, “The Lord is my portion; therefore I will wait for him.”
The Lord is good to those whose hope is in him, to the one who seeks him;
It is good to wait quietly for the salvation of the Lord.
Isaiah 35:4: “Say to those with fearful hearts,
“Be strong, do not fear;
your God will come,
He will come and save you.”
Dad and mom, not poppy and grammy
“Then he believed in the Lord; and He reckoned it to him as righteousness.” Genesis 15:6.
God had just promised Abram, a very old man, that he and his very old wife would have offspring and descendants that would outnumber the stars in the sky. Pretty far-fetched. But God is trustworthy, and Abram believed His promise. Earlier in his life, God called him to a land he knew nothing about, and he answered. God wasn’t done. He was going to start a nation, not with the young and the restless, but with senior citizens, the most unlikely. Logic aside, Abram believed. God saw his faith and freely justified him when Faith and Grace met.
Abraham was not a completely righteous man, in fact, when he went to Egypt, he lied about his relationship to Sarah. He was not perfect or deserving or worthy. But God is merciful, and He examines our hearts with great care. He found in Abraham the heart of a man who would answer His call, believe His promise, and surrender everything to Him. Time proved that Abraham’s faith was for real, but then so were God’s promises.
God remembered us! YES!!!
“But God remembered Noah and all the beasts and all the cattle that were with him in the ark.” Genesis 8:1
God “remembered.” We must be careful not to interpret this statement in human terms. It does not mean that He was busy doing something and suddenly “remembered” Noah, having completely forgotten him. It means rather that God never forgot Noah. Despite all that Noah was going through, God never left him or forgot about him. In fact, the word implies that God remembered Noah with an intent to act, to change Noah’s situation. Imagine yourself, if you can, in that ark with all those animals for months and months. No windows. Tossed about by the waves of the sea. To know that God is about to do something to change your situation is great news.
In this fast‑moving and frantic world, it is easy to feel lonely and forgotten. Many believe that the world is forgotten of God. If God were like a man, this might be possible. Men forget all sorts of things, especially the needs of others. Even Christians sometimes forget about the God Who thinks about them constantly. It is a wonderful thing to know that God remembers me. In the storms of life, He has not forgotten me. His memory is flawless. Though I sometimes doubt it, the Bible teaches that He is always thinking about everything that concerns me. It is a frightening thing to consider that He knows and remembers sins, but thank God that He has chosen to forget mine.
Saw this one just the other day.
Life is full of unexpected rainbows, reminders of God’s faithfulness. I just saw this one the other day.
THE RISE OF SEREN
Momentary Meditations on the Eternal God
God Glimpses 