Stop & Consider – Part 1
As the months slip by and life goes quickly on it is good to stop and consider every once in a while and just look back on the goodness of God our Father up until this point. The children of Israel were instructed, “And thou shalt remember all the way which the Lord thy God led thee these forty years in the wilderness, to humble thee, and to prove thee, to know what was in thine heart, whether thou wouldest keep His commandments, or no” (Deuteronomy 8:2).
When we look at things in retrospect we not only learn the faithfulness of God with us, but we are also reminded of His love, grace and mercy, in spite of our failure, forgetfulness and sin. We don’t always appreciate our circumstances and experiences as we go through them, nor are we always thankful at the time. But looking back and seeing things from a different perspective helps us to realize that there is one who know best. It also helps us to carry out the instructions of David when he said, “Commit thy way unto the Lord; trust also in Him; and He shall bring it to pass” (Psalm 37:5).
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