Forgetfulness

Recently, I was talking with a friend who had been through a trying day. They were frustrated and agitated. And they felt like a failure. I began to pray for them, and asked the Lord to REMIND them of His watchful care... almost as soon as I said that and was done praying they exclaimed that their eyes glanced to see a whole flat of primroses that they had just found at a really good price. The flowers had been like a gift from Him, because those flowers held special meaning to this person. But in the irritation of the day, they had forgotten all about those beautiful flowers, until the Lord drew their eyes back to them.

There is a good kind of forgetting, and a bad kind. The Lord speaks to us about both kinds.

Here is the bad kind:

In Psa. 103:2 (DRB) Bless the Lord, O my soul, and never forget all he hath done for thee.
King James says ..."forget not all his benefits."

Mat 13:19 (BBE) When the word of the kingdom comes to anyone, and the sense of it is not clear to him, then the Evil One comes, and quickly takes away that which was put in his heart. He is the seed dropped by the wayside. (In other words he causes us to FORGET!)

Jas 1:25 (Amp) But he who looks carefully into the faultless law, the [law] of liberty, and is faithful to it and perseveres in looking into it, being not a heedless listener who forgets but an active doer [who obeys], he shall be blessed in his doing (his life of obedience).

Good forgetting:

Philippians 3:13(GNB) Of course, my friends, I really do not think that I have already won it; the one thing I do, however, is to forget what is behind me and do my best to reach what is ahead.

Job 11:16 (GW) Then you will forget your misery and remember it like water that has flowed downstream.

We all need to be reminded and have our pure minds stirred up. My Dad just tonight reminded me of somethings that I had shared with him, that I had truly forgotten. But I NEEDED to remember them.


I have a little card that says; "Friends are those who remind our heart
of the words when it has forgotten how to sing."

Have you forgotten your song? Have you let slip some promises? As I sat down to write, I really sensed that there was some who have forgotten some things that are vital and the Lord is now stirring you up to remember them. Be like David and REMEMBER the lion and the bear. And HOW God delivered you. Heb 2:1 (DRB) Therefore ought we more diligently to observe the things which we have heard lest perhaps we should let them slip. DON'T let slip away from you what God gave you.

Paul again gives us instructions of focusing: Philippians 4:8 (AMP) For the rest, brethren, whatever is true, whatever is worthy of reverence and is honorable and seemly, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely and lovable, whatever is kind and winsome and gracious, if there is any virtue and excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think on and weigh and take account of these things [fix your minds on them].

Fix, fasten, hang on to and don't let go! Heb 10:35 Do not, therefore, fling away your fearless confidence, for it carries a great and glorious compensation of reward.
Heb 10:36 For you have need of steadfast patience and endurance, so that you may perform and fully accomplish the will of God, and thus receive and carry away [and enjoy to the full] what is promised.

Be encouraged. Let go and forget what has held you back. Forget past mistakes and past triumphs that make you feel like where you are right now is "less than", in favor of remembering what has been promised and ALREADY given and reach out to grasp and possess it.

Don't let the irritations of the moment cloud you from seeing (both in front of you and in your memory) of what God is doing and what He has done. Don't the the "maybe's and what ifs" rob you of today's victories and joy. "Count your blessings, name them one by one. See what God hath done!" This seeing is both here and now and "seeing by the eyes of faith" the future.

It does not mean that the way may not be steep and hard. But you MUST see that mountaintop and KNOW that HE who has called you IS faithful!
If you will look there will be gifts strewn along that pathway for you to pick up and treasure. If you will listen, you will hear fresh and anew the song of the hour that your heart is to sing. (Making melody in our hearts to the King of kings.) Whistle while you work. Travel light. Leave your cares at the cross.

You may ask why this path. I can answer that for you. IF you will allow Him to guide you upon it, and stay focused on Him, there will be those you will find along the way that have become disheartened and have stopped climbing. They are sitting sidelined. There are those who are wounded and lay dying for lack of care. IF you will walk this path, though it is not a pleasant path at the moment, YOU will be the instrument of rescue, the bearer of hope, the bringer of comfort and the encourager to those you find along the way. If you will trust Him to keep you, He surely will. And not only keep you but raise you to a new level with a strength you thought not possible. Don't be so wrapped in your own skin that you cannot wear the robe of Priest and Intercessor. Remember the promises! Remember the price He paid. Pick up your cross again and your sword, and move forward dear ones. The mountain top awaits you.