“You have forgotten God your Saviour; you have not remembered the Rock, your fortress” Isaiah 17 v 10:
This verse refers to the people of Judah who wandered away from God and ultimately suffered the shame of exile from their own land. For Christians today, the idea of forgetting God seems unthinkable. And yet…I wonder if we “forget” God in more subtle ways – in the way we live our lives and relate to other people. As I was reminded at church recently of the reality of persecution for thousands of Christians worldwide, I thought for these people it would be the easiest thing in the world to give up their faith in Christ and live without threats, intimidation, violence and torture. And yet…they hang in there, determined, clinging to faith in a God they cannot see, putting Him before all else. For many of us (or maybe it’s just me), being a Christian is comfortable because life in general is comfortable; I may not forget God but sometimes I can be complacent about following Him perhaps because I’m free to live out my faith.
God never forgets us – so let’s seek to always remember Him, our Saviour with us by His Holy Spirit, and worship Him with our whole lives.
Chris Hawker
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My personal experience is that 'forgetting God' is easily done. On many occasions I have committed a day's work to him, and only remembered that I invited him to be involved in it once the day's work was done!
I have been challenged in the past if I could cope with persecution and the answer would be 'no I don't think I could'. However, I believe and hope that with faith in our Lord Jesus, he would give us the strength and the vision to 'be strong and stand firm to the end'.
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