![]() We forget we can depend on Him to make things happen. We get busy doing life, struggling so hard to make things happen every day, that we tend to forget what’s more important than all that. He required His people to regularly take time and pause to remember and celebrate the miracles and the marvelous works He had done on their behalf-delivering them from slavery, parting the Red Sea, feeding them with manna, and on and on.ĭo you know why God wanted them to do that? Because they were a lot like us today. In the Old Testament, God commanded His people to take time out from their busy schedules seven times a year to celebrate a variety of national festivals, which were times of remembrance marked by thanksgiving and joyous feasting. When you remember what God has said and done, there is power to transform your thinking and your life. They knew that it’s so easy to put our minds on autopilot and forget all God’s benefits. Paul said to Timothy, “Keep reminding God’s people of these things” (2 Timothy 2:14). They often made statements such as, “I am writing to remind you.” The apostle Peter wrote, “Dear friends, this is my second letter to you, and in both I have tried to stimulate your wholesome thinking and refresh your memory” (2 Peter 3:1). The writers of the Scripture understood the power in remembering the right things. Too often when we should be remembering the good things God has done in our life, we let negative things from our past dominate our thinking and cause us to not walk in faith and victory. Maybe someone we love walked away from us, or it’s the voice of someone who told us we’d never be good enough that keeps replaying in our mind. Have you ever noticed how negative thoughts break in subtly and make you feel sad, worried, angry, depressed, or fearful? Someone said something unkind and offended us, and we tucked that away into the treasury of our heart, only to have it break into our thoughts over and over. You’re going to overflow with blessings, overflow with joy, overflow with favor. ![]() You’re going to have relationships better than you’ve ever dreamed. You’re going to be healthier and stronger. ![]() God is not going to just free you, just heal you, just turn your children around, but He’s going to restore what you’ve lost and you’re going to be more fulfilled than you’ve ever been. That harvest has been stored up, and it’s on the way. You’re going to still get a harvest from all those years you prayed, believed, did the right thing, worked hard, and helped others. It may seem like it’s too late, like you’ve missed your season. I’m going to restore what you’ve lost with an abundance of wheat, wine, and oil.” Suddenly God turned it around and brought them into overflow. But when they thought they would never see a harvest, God spoke to them and said, “I’ve seen what’s been stolen. For years the Israelites’ wheat harvest had been wiped out by locusts, leaving them in a desperate situation.
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