Remembering.....

Recently I have been feeling the Lord speaking to my heart, "Write it down." More specifically, the Lord has been reminding me to testify of all He has done in my life and through my life. That sounds like an easy task doesn't it. Maybe even fun. However, what I found is that when I sat down to make myslef recall all the wonders the Lord has preformed for me....my mind went directly to all the garbage. The natural instinct of the mind is to recall the crap. Excuse my english, but that clearly articulates the point I'm trying to make.

I was brought to tears by the natural inclination of the grey matter between my two ears. I was grieved by the condition of my heart, that I would have to search through the manure of my life in order to find something praise worthy. The Lord sent His Spirit to me in that moment to convict and to heal. My life has not been deficient of the Lord's workings. My mind has been lacking in remembrance. We have to be purposeful about recalling the Lord's works. When David was downcast (Psalm 42), he would speak to his soul and say REMEMBER the LORD!

We must remember the Lord. When our minds fail us and try to be downcast because of past or present circumstances, when need to speak to our soul just as David and Jeremiah did (Lamentation 3:17-25). We must be purposeful to praise.

Why remember? Primarily because the Lord is worthy of praise. Secondly, because remembering implies action. Every time the Lord remembers in the word of God, he acts upon our behalf. (Gen 8:1, Gen 19:29, Exodus 6:5-6, Num 10:9)When we remember the Lord, we act on His behalf. Doesn't that make you want to remember!

Why are thou cast down, O my soul? And why art thou disquieted within me? Hope in God: for I shall yet praise Him, Who is the health of my countenance, and my God.

Psalm 43:5